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Comedy Of Dante Alighieri, The Florentine
Author: Alighieri, Dante; Author: Translator Sayers, Dorothy L.
Penguin Classics; Paperback; Standard Hardcover size; Illustrations 400 pages Published: April 1962 Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 0140441050
Dante (1265-1321) is the greatest of Italian poets and his DIVINE COMEDY is the finest of all Christian allegories. To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin tobe the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his COMEDY in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. This edition is translated by, and includes an Introduction by, Dorothy L. Sayers.

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