The divine comedy /

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.

The divine comedy / Dante Alighieri ; translated and edited by Robin Kirkpatrick. - New ed. - London : Penguin, 2006- - 3 v. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Inferno -- 2. Purgatorio -- 3. Paradiso.

'Inferno' depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. As he descends through the nine concentric circles of increasingly agonising torture, Dante encounters doomed souls from history and his own time.


Parallel text in Italian and English.

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Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia --Criticism and interpretation.