The Paradiso (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (765 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593083173 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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A final flourish of pure genius. William Harned If you've taken the full journey through all one-hundred Cantos of the three books of the Comedy you will be rewarded with the most awe-inspiring glimpse of god from the mind of a single man since the time of the prophets, which anyone can enjoy within our
The Paradiso, by Dante Alighieri, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, 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. 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.Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University. Thomas Aquinas, Saint Bonaventure, and his great-great-grandfather. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of con
Il a laisse une oeuvre considerable de plus de dix mille pieces.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in 1807 in Portland, Maine, and he became a professor of modern languages at Harvard. His most famous narrative poems include The Song of Hiawatha, Paul Reveres Ride, "The Village Blacksmith," "The Wreck of the Hesperus." From his friend Nathaniel Hawthorne, Longfellow got a brief outline of a story from which he composed one of his most favorite poems, 'Evangeline'. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Il a tres rapidement acquis une reconnaissance internationale. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.Gustave Dore (1832 -
Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883) est un graveur dont les premieres lithographies ont ete publiees a l'age de douze ans. Autodidacte et exuberant, Gustave Dore a illustre entre 1852 et 1883, plus de 120 volumes parus en France, en Angleterre, en Allemagne et en Russie. S