A TLS Book of the Year. 'Erudite and urgent, Ian Thomson's Dante's
Divine Comedy is another book that everyone ought to read' Spectator.
'Succinct but wide-ranging, Ian Thomson's richly illustrated
exploration of Dante's masterpiece is... fun... ingenious...
fascinating' Observer. 'A book worth savouring as a chunky, chatty,
richly illustrated guide that brings Dante and his world within our
reach' Evening Standard. A lively and wide-ranging exploration of a
literary masterwork and its influence on writers, poets, artists and
film-makers up to our own time. Dante has no equal as he sings of
other-worldly horror and celestial beatitude alike. Yet for all our
distance from medieval theology, the Florentine poet's allegorical
journey through hell, purgatory and paradise remains one of the
essential works of world literature. At least fifty English language
versions of the Inferno – the first part of Dante's poem –
appeared in the twentieth century alone. If Dante's Divine Comedy
speaks to our present condition, it is because it tells the story of
Everyman who sets out in search of salvation in this world. Dante
composed his great poem in the spoken Italian of his time. He wrote
about suffering bodies and human weakness, and about divine ecstasy,
in words that have resonated with readers and writers for the last
seven hundred years.
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ISBN
9781786690791
Publisert
2023
Utgave
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Vendor
Apollo
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Digital bok
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