The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri (author) John Ciardi (translator)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393044726
- ISBN 13
- 9780393044720
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About This Item
The top edge is tinted a light red color; interior pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is in good shape, but shows minor wear around the edges, especially over the spine. Nothing overly bad.
Synopsis
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) which is a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Married to Gemma Donatic, Dante's political activism resulted in his being exiled from Florence to eventually settle in Ravenna. It is believed that The Divine Comedy —comprised of three canticles, The Inferno, The Purgatorio , and The Paradiso —was written between 1308 and 1320. Dante Alighieri died in 1321.
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- BooksGalore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BX34-HCST-TDC
- Title
- The Divine Comedy
- Author
- Dante Alighieri (author) John Ciardi (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Sewn binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The John Ciardi Translation
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393044726
- ISBN 13
- 9780393044720
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Pages
- 602
- LCCN
- 77024225
- Dewey
- 851/.1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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