The Divine Comedy

byDante Alighieri, Mark Musa (Introducer), Mark Musa (Notes by), Mark Musa (Translator)

Inferno

This vigorous and swift blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of Hell re-creates for the modern reader the rich meanings that the poem had for Dante's contemporaries.

About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321.
Details
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • ISBN: 9780142437223
  • Length: 432 pages
  • Dimensions: 195mm x 19mm x 126mm
  • Weight: 280g
  • Price: £14.99