The Divine Comedy: Inferno

by Dante Alighieri, Jason M Baxter (Translator)

Overview

Here we have an Inferno we feel in our nerves and blood, and in our hearts and head.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798892800341
Publisher:	Angelico Press
Publication date:	09/21/2024
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, he is the author The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso. Politically active in Florence, he was banished to Italy in 1302. In 1274, he met the love of his life, Beatrice, whom he immortalized in La Vita Nuova (1292) and The Divine Comedy. He died in 1321.

JASON M. BAXTER (PhD, Notre Dame) is a speaker, author, and Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Beauty and Culture at Benedictine College. He is the author of six books, including The Medieval Mind of C.S. Lewis and Beginner's Guide to Dante (jasonmbaxter.com). His writing and speaking focus on the relevance of the medieval experience of beauty for the modern world.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Introduction	xi
	Inferno	1
	Illustration of Dante's Inferno	3
	Afterword	361
	Index	367
	Biographical note	375