Poetry Alighieri, Dante: Divine Comedy Vol 1 - The Inferno (Illustrated). v1. 30 Dec 2013

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"The Inferno" is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th century epic poem, "The Divine Comedy" (the other two parts being "Purgatory" and "Paradise"). This is the 1814 blank verse translation by H. F. Cary, and has the complete set of 75 woodblock illustrations by Gustave Doré, which were originally published in 1866.

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"The Inferno" is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.

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