DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY Gustave Dore ILLUS Hell PURGATORY Paradise ~ HUGE HC

Description: SHIPPING IN COVID TIMES: Please note that at this time, the post office is VERY VERY slow and if you need this by a specific time, you'll need to select Priority Mail or it may take a couple weeks or longer to get there. I know it's more expensive, but it's the only way to insure a quick delivery... PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED by GUSTAVE DORE!** THE DIVINE COMEDY by Dante Alighieri Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED by Gustav Dore. Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark For the straightforward pathway had been lost. With these words, Dante plunges readers into the unforgettable world of the Inferno—one of the most graphic visions of Hell ever created. In the first part of the epic "The Divine Comedy". The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. Here, Dante is led by the poet Virgil down into the nine circles of Hell, where he travels through nightmare landscapes of fetid cesspools, viper pits, frozen lakes, and boiling rivers of blood and witnesses sinners being beaten, burned, eaten, defecated upon, and torn to pieces by demons. Along the way he meets the most fascinating characters known to the classical and medieval world - the silver-tongued Ulysses, lustful Francesca da Rimini, the heretical Farinata degli Uberti, and scores of other intriguing and notorious figures. In the second volume, Purgatory, Dante contemplates the origins of sin as he struggles up the terraces of Mount Purgatory on his arduous journey toward God. and toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin," all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. Dante becomes the universal poet, sublime, grim, intellectual, simple, humorous, tender, and ecstatic. The third part, Paradiso, or Paradise, features one of the most sublime, luminous, and exciting visions in all of literature - that of Heaven itself. Having climbed the mountain of Purgatory, Dante begins to ascend to the heights of the universe with his beloved Beatrice as guide. They soar through the nine spheres of heaven - the moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the stars, and the Prime Mover. Along the way Dante meets people he knew on Earth, who now appear as dazzling jewels, and many others whom he had always wanted to meet, such as St. Thomas Aquinas, Saint Bonaventure, and his great-great-grandfather. Finally, Dante reaches Heaven, where incredibly beautiful scenes -brilliant lights and colors, and flowering gardens - unfold before his eyes, always accompanied by celestial music. Heaven, he learns, is not a place of boring rest, but one of joyful activity, dancing and singing, and endless movement and surprises. A poem of true heroic fulfillment, Paradiso stands as literature's greatest hymn to the glory of God. Lyrically graceful and brimming with startlingly vivid images, Dante’s Divine Comedy is a perpetually engrossing classic that ranks with the greatest works of Homer and Shakespeare. This edition is also profusely and magnificently illustrated by one of the greatest artists to ever adorn the inside of a book, Gustav Doré! Seemingly, every other page has another full page illustration th accompany the magnificent prose. There are so many illustrations, that there have been books published on the drawings for this work alone! I have included many interspersed throughout this auction page, but they pale in comparison to the real deal and this is only a fraction of the pictures included! I was recently asked about the Canto notes that are a part of this edition. They appear as annotations under the Canto title. The eBayer who asked this question seemed to think this an important inclusion, so I am including this here. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265. Much of what we know of Dante’s earliest years comes to us from La Vita Nuova (The New Life, completed around 1293), in which he recounts his idealized love for Beatrice Portinari. Beatrice died in 1290 but remained Dante’s idealized love and muse throughout his life. She figures largely in La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), which Dante probably began around 1308 during his extensive travels throughout Italy. Dante Alighieri is considered to be one of the world’s greatest poets. In the words of the twentieth-century poet T.S. Eliot, “Dante and Shakespeare, divide the world between them. There is no third.” 382 pages, 135 illustrations in all! Here are a few more for you to enjoy! A physical description follows... SPECIAL OFFER: This is one of MANY GIFT EDITIONS I am selling including special editions of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings books. If you buy any combination of 3, I will ship them all free of postage via media mail, anywhere in the USA! To see all the gift editions that qualify, CLICK HERE or go to the ADVANCED SEARCH in eBay and copy and paste the word ALANSGIFTEDITIONS into the eBay search box, and then check the SEARCH TITLE AND DESCRIPTIONS box. TO GET THE FREE SHIPPING, FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW! 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Price: 39.98 USD

Location: Walnut, California

End Time: 2025-01-12T20:32:46.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10.62 USD