Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno

 

• Dante’s Divine Comedy, and in particular Inferno, is regarded as a masterpiece of world literature, representing the culmination of medieval Christian beliefs.

• This beautifully presented edition is illustrated with astonishing artworks, from Hieronymus Bosch’s depictions of a surreal, hellish landscape and other Renaissance visions of the Last Judgement, to Gustave Doré’s intricate engravings of the pilgrim’s spiritual travails.

• This is a stunning edition of an enduring classic.

• The Inferno is by far the most popular and well-known of the books in the Divine Comedy trilogy because of its depiction and understanding of the moral and spiritual pitfalls which still plague us today.

• The fearsome journey recounted in Inferno is told by a pilgrim who meanders through the increasingly macabre landscape of Hell. He meets and often recognizes the various inhabitants of the hellish gironi (circles) and their strangely befitting punishments.

• There is a detailed introduction for the general reader, as well as short introductions to each of the 34 Cantos in the poem.