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  • Published: 21 November 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141970646
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 752

The Divine Comedy




Poet and translator Steve Ellis completes his new version of Dante's Divine Comedy, the astonishing epic that has shaped art and culture since the 14th century

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This major translation, described by Bernard O'Donoghue as 'likely to be the best modern version of Dante', is published here for the first time in a single volume.

  • Published: 21 November 2012
  • ISBN: 9780141970646
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 752

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