{"product_id":"inferno-paperback-9","title":"Inferno - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eClive James\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most captivating part of perhaps the greatest epic poem ever written, Dante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e still holds the power to thrill and inspire. The medieval equivalent of a thriller, \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e follows Dante and his faithful guide, Virgil, as they traverse the complex geography of Hell, confronting its many threats, macabre punishments, and historical figures, before reaching the deep chamber where Satan himself resides. Now, in this new translation, Clive James communicates not just the transcendent poetry of Dante's language but also the excitement and terror of his journey through the underworld. Instead of Dante's original \u003cem\u003eterza rima\u003c\/em\u003e, a form which in English tends to show the strain of composition, James employs fluently linked quatrains, thereby conveying the seamless flow of Dante's poetry and the headlong momentum of the action. As James writes in his introduction, Dante's great poem \"can still astonish us, whether we believe in the supernatural or not. At the very least it will make us believe in poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)was an Italian poet, writer, and political thinker. After studying at the University of Bologna, he married and had four children. Dante was exiled from his hometown of Florence in 1302 due to his political leanings, finally settling in the city of Ravenna in 1307, when he began writing \"The Divine Comedy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lotherington has written widely on Renaissance literature and history. He is the editor and author of \"Years of Renewal: European History 1470-1600.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770482950432,"sku":"9781631491078","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ddc55f7fc59b7ba4d8baf43dc20f7d47.webp?v=1780372653","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/inferno-paperback-9","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}