num_pages: 735
description: This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance.Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poemof the European Middle Ages.
language: English
title: The Divine Comedy
titlecomplete: The Divine Comedy
characters: Brutus, Marcus Junius, Francesca da Rimini, Attila the Hun, Odysseus, Judas Iscariot, Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro), Achilles, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Roland, Saul (biblical king), Mary (mother of Jesus), Cleopatra, Trajan (emperor), Cerberus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Lucifer, Beatrice (Dante), Charon (mythology), Dante Alighieri, Dido of Carthage
genres: Religion, Philosophy, Poetry, Literature, Italian Literature, Classic Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Italy, Fiction
ratings_count: 146837
series: La Divina Commedia
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name: Deutsch-Italienischer Übersetzerpreis, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prêmio Jabuti
category: Tradução, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Oxford University Press