The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy

Author: Dante Alighieri

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1950-06-30

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780140440065

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The first volume of Dante's Divine Comedy Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans to gluttons, criminals and seducers - who tell of their sad fates and predict events still to come in Dante’s life. In this first part of his Divine Comedy, Dante fused satire and humour with intellect and soaring passion to create an immortal Christian allegory of mankind’s search for self-knowledge and spiritual enlightenment. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Divine Comedy I: Inferno, The (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
Divine Comedy I: Inferno, The (MAXNotes Literature Guides)

Author: Anita Price Davis

Publisher: Research & Education Assoc.

Published: 2013-01-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 073867236X

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REA's MAXnotes for Dante's The Divine Comedy I: Inferno MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists, an explanation and discussion of the plot, the work's historical context, illustrations to convey the mood of the work, and a biography of the author. Each chapter is individually summarized and analyzed, and has study questions and answers.

The Annotated Shelley: Poems from Italy
The Annotated Shelley: Poems from Italy

Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Publisher: Amazon

Published: 2024-04-05

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13:

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A fully-annotated Shelley edition containing poems inspired by the poet's last four years in Italy. As well as reliable versions of the key texts, there are summaries, notes glossing difficult words or phrases and technical notes. Each poem also comes with concise biographical information and intertexts—extracts from related works, as well as letters, influences, critical material and other texts, to deepen understanding, stimulate discussion and promote wider reading.