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Penguin Classics (2015), Edition: 01, 64 pages
Description
I truly thought I'd never make it back.'Ten of the most memorable and most terrifying cantos from Dante's Inferno.Introducing Little Black Classics- 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
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LibraryThing member SashaM
What struck me most about this extract of Dante's Inferno is how very medieval the descriptions were. I know it was written in that time but it is a story that could only have been taken seriously in a society that was so very overshadowed by religion. Even the supposed "sins" the victims in hell
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had committed shows how much of a strangle hold the church had on thinking. Basically anything that would be pleasurable would send you to hell. I wonder how many ill-educated people over the centuries read or heard of this story and lived in fear that it was true? Show Less
LibraryThing member TheCrow2
Small snippets from Dante`s visit of Hell. Hard to decide why wasn`t easy to follow the text: because of the medieval language or because of the allegedly awful translation.
Language
Original language
Italian
Physical description
64 p.; 6.34 x 4.37 inches
ISBN
0141980222 / 9780141980225
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