Description
Product ID: | 9780140441055 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Divine Comedy & Paradise |
Authors: | Author: Dante Alighieri, Barbara Reynolds |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Poetry by individual poets, Poetry by individual poets |
Description: | Having climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God guided by his beloved, Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in God's presence. In Paradise, having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul''s search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in the radiant presence of the deity. Examining eternal questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, Dante exercised all his learning and wit, wrath and tenderness in his creation of one of the greatest of all Christian allegories. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2004-04-29 |