{"product_id":"the-inferno-1","title":"The Inferno","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e remains literature s most hallowed and graphic vision of Hell. Dante plunges readers into this unforgettable world with a deceptively simple and now legendary tercet: \u003cbr\u003eMidway upon the journey of our life\u003cbr\u003eI found myself within a forest dark\u003cbr\u003eFor the straightforward pathway had been lost. \u003cbr\u003eWith these words, Dante plunges readers into the unforgettable world of the Inferno one of the most graphic visions of Hell ever created. In this first part of the epic \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cbr\u003eThis edition of the \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e revives the famous Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation, which first introduced Dante s literary genius to a broad American audience. Opening the book we stand face to face with the poet, wrote William Dean Howells of Longfellow s Dante, and when his voice ceases we may marvel if he has not sung to us in his own Tuscan. Lyrically graceful and brimming with startlingly vivid images, Dante s Inferno is a perpetually engrossing classic that ranks with the greatest works of Homer and Shakespeare. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures a map of Hell and illustrations by Gustave Dore.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Bondanella\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University and a past president of the American Association for Italian Studies. His publications include a number of translations of Italian classics, books on Italian Renaissance literature and Italian cinema, and a dictionary of Italian literature.\"","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48089710854399,"sku":"*R0048136*","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/5281663482755.jpg?v=1769113982","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-inferno-1","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}