The Divine Comedy (Complete and Illustrated by Gustave Dore)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (982 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004MMEEV8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 338 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Wrong sequence, sketchy translation" according to Annette Macler. To be clear, I am reviewing ASIN: B00Wrong sequence, sketchy translation Annette Macler To be clear, I am reviewing ASIN: B004MMEEV8, as Amazon seems to persistently get its reviews mixed up among various editions of the same work. Dante is great, no problem with his work. However, for some unknown reason, those who put this work together thought it a good idea to get it in the wrong order, putting Paradise first, then Purgatory, then the Inferno, when in Dante's original, it is precisely the opposite order, and this supports Dante's thesis. Further, this translation is a mix of middle an. MMEEV8, as Amazon seems to persistently get its reviews mixed up among various editions of the same work. Dante is great, no problem with his work. However, for some unknown reason, those who put this work together thought it a good idea to get it in the wrong order, putting Paradise first, then Purgatory, then the Inferno, when in Dante's original, it is precisely the opposite order, and this supports Dante's thesis. Further, this translation is a mix of middle an. Amazon Customer said Cary's translation, not much else. This work is available for free elsewhere (public domain) but I was interested in having the delightful Dore illustrations and advertised free audiobook version on my Kindle Keyboard. Well, the illustrations are too dark to make out and have poor contrast. The 'free audio book link' at the end of the text is just a link to Librivox. I love Librivox, don't get me wrong, but amateur contributed readings do not amount to the professionally produced audiobook I expected based on the description.For only a . Everything is all mixed up and out of order on the Kindle Fire I was very excited to purchase this because I had always wanted to read this, but when I decided to crack it open I was very disappointed. Everything was all mixed up and completely out of order. The cantos were all mixed up and the books were out of order. Inferno was made to be the last book and Paradise took its place as the first, and "The Guide to Reading Dante", which was supposed to be included, was not there. I give it two stars because I suppose I should be happy that I was able to get the ful
At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially the writings of Thomas Aquinas. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The first printed edition to add the word divine to the title was that of the Venetian humanist Lodovico Dolce, published in 1555 by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari.The book is a COMPLETE Edition (containing Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso) which includes original illustrations, an active/navigable table of contents and a Free audiobook link for download (which can be downloaded using a PC/Mac) at the end of the book.. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the standardized Italian. The work was originally simply titled Commedia and was later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio. The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is divided into three parts, the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso.On the surface the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven; but at a deeper level it represents allegorically the soul's journey towards God. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western
Dante is also considered as "the Father of the Italian language" as William Shakespeare is to English'. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian langua
Dante is also considered as "the Father of the Italian language" as William Shakespeare is to English'. About the Author Durante degli Alighieri (1265-1321) was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. . His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature