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The Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Florentine by Birth, but Not by Character: Canticle One, Inferno is unavailable, but you can change that!

Explore the writings of one of the most iconic poets of all time with this illustrated translation and commentary on the timeless classic, Dante’s Inferno. As Tom Simone observes in the preface, “The reading of a major classic text is a great challenge for any serious reader. Considerations of background, different natures of narrative, allusion, and all the peculiarities of any important text...

The pilgrim regains his consciousness Circle three: the gluttons The three headed dog, Cerberus The Florentine Ciacco (“The Pig”) addresses Dante Talk of political divisions in Florence After the emotional confusion of the pilgrim’s encounter with Francesca and the fate of the lustful, the journey turns to a new level of personal relevance. The third circle presents a level of gross physical materialism through the unrelenting cold rain and sleet that give image to the sin
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