originally Published Between 1909 And 1917 Under The Name Harvard Classics, This Stupendous 51-volume Set-a Collection Of The Greatest Writings From Literature, Philosophy, History, And Mythology-was Assembled By American Academic Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), Harvard University's Longest-serving President. Also Known As Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, It Represented Eliot's Belief That A Basic Liberal Education Could Be Gleaned By Reading From An Anthology Of Works That Could Fit On Five Feet Of Bookshelf.
volume Xx Features The Divine Comedy, The Masterpiece By Italian Poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Written In The Vernacular-a Groundbreaking Step For Literature-it Is Considered The Greatest Work In The Italian Language And An Important Explication Of The Medieval Mindset, Particularly Regarding Religion. The Journey Of Dante, As His Own Fictional Protagonist, Through The Afterlife Has Inspired Writers From Geoffrey Chaucer To T.s. Eliot To Today's Popular Novelists, Filmmakers And Videogame Designers, And Continues To Profoundly Influence Modern Ideas Of Heaven And Hell.

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The Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, Paradise

The divine comedy : hell, purgatory, heaven

020 Harvard Classics

Alighieri, Dante

P. F. Collier & Son

Cosimo Classics

Cosimo, Inc.

United States, United States of America

Harvard Classics, 1909

Reprint, 2010

producers:
ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition

Memory of the World Librarian: Quintus

C O N T E N T S 9
INTRODUCTORY NOTE 11
THE DIVINE COMEDY 13
I N F E R N O 13
CANTO I 13
CANTO II 17
CANTO III 21
CANTO IV 24
CANTO V 29
CANTO VI 33
CANTO VII 36
CANTO VIII 40
CANTO IX 44
CANTO X 48
CANTO XI 53
CANTO XII 56
CANTO XIII 61
CANTO XIV 65
CANTO XV 69
CANTO XVI 73
CANTO XVII 77
CANTO XVIII 81
CANTO XIX 85
CANTO XX 89
CANTO XXI 93
CANTO XXII 97
CANTO XXIII 101
CANTO XXIV 106
CANTO XXV 110
CANTO XXVI 114
CANTO XXVII 118
CANTO XXVIII 122
CANTO XXIX 127
CANTO XXX 131
CANTO XXXI 135
CANTO XXXII 139
CANTO XXXIII 143
CANTO XXXIV 148
P U R G A T O R Y 153
CANTO I 153
CANTO II 157
CANTO III 161
CANTO IV 165
CANTO V 169
CANTO VI 173
CANTO VII 178
CANTO VIII 183
CANTO IX 187
CANTO X 191
CANTO XI 194
CANTO XII 199
CANTO XIII 202
CANTO XIV 207
CANTO XV 212
CANTO XVI 216
CANTO XVII 220
CANTO XVIII 224
CANTO XIX 228
CANTO XX 233
CANTO XXI 238
CANTO XXII 242
CANTO XXIII 246
CANTO XXIV 250
CANTO XXV 254
CANTO XXVI 258
CANTO XXVH 262
CANTO XXVIII 266
CANTO XXIX 270
CANTO XXX 275
CANTO XXXI 279
CANTO XXXII 283
CANTO XXXIII 288
P A R A D I SE 293
CANTO I 293
CANTO II 297
CANTO III 301
CANTO IV 305
CANTO V 309
CANTO VI 313
CANTO VII 318
CANTO VIII 322
CANTO IX 327
CANTO X 332
CANTO XI 337
CANTO XII 342
CANTO XIII 347
CANTO XIV 352
CANTO XV 355
CANTO XVI 360
CANTO XVII 365
CANTO XVIII 369
CANTO XIX 373
CANTO XX 378
CANTO XXI 382
CANTO XXII 386
CANTO XXIII 391
CANTO XXIV 395
CANTO XXV 399
CANTO XXVI 403
CANTO XXVII 407
CANTO XXVIII 411
CANTO XXIX 415
CANTO XXX 419
CANTO XXXI 423
CANTO XXXII 427
CANTO XXXIII 431
GLOSSARY 435
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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume XX features The Divine Comedy, the masterpiece by Italian poet DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). Written in the vernacular-a groundbreaking step for literature-it is considered the greatest work in the Italian language and an important explication of the medieval mindset, particularly regarding religion. The journey of Dante, as his own fictional protagonist, through the afterlife has inspired writers from Geoffrey Chaucer to T.S. Eliot to today's popular novelists, filmmakers and videogame designers, and continues to profoundly influence modern ideas of heaven and hell.

**** New translation by Peter Dale in the terza rima verse pattern. This new edition is not (yet) listed in BCL3. Distributed by Dufour. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

2025-10-27