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Bollingen volume 80
Everyman's library volume 183
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Oxford world's classics
Bollingen volume 80
Everyman's library volume 183
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1220L
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English
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Comprised of three books - "Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso" - "Dante's Divine Comedy" follows Dante Alighieri's epic poems follows Dante through the different sections of the afterlife; hell, purgatory, and heaven. "Divine Comedy" began as a project in 1308 and ended in 1320, the year before Dante's death. Told in first person, Dante follows the poet Virgil through the rings of hell and purgatory. "The Divine Comedy" is a highly allegorical text and...
Series
Great books of the Western world volume 21
Pub. Date
c1952
Language
English
Description
Dante Alighieri, an Italian author, was one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages. His epic poem ranks among the finest works of world literature. Critics have praised it not only as magnificent poetry, but also for its wisdom and scholarly learning.
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Milton, an English poet and political writer, has a thorough knowledge of classical Greek and Latin authors and was greatly influenced by them. Through his poetry, Milton wanted to do for England "what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews of old" did for their countries "with this over and above of being a Christian." He wrote Paradise Lost to "justify the ways of God to man." Samson Agonistes tells the...
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Lexile measure
1290L
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English
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The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey:...
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