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Dante Alighieri

Paradiso

PARADISE
Dante Alighieri - Author
Robin Kirkpatrick - Translator
Robin Kirkpatrick - Editor
Robin Kirkpatrick - Introduction by
Robin Kirkpatrick - Commentaries by
Robin Kirkpatrick - Notes by
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Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 496 pages | ISBN 9780140448979 | 04 Oct 2007 | Penguin Classic
Paradiso
Having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory in parts one and two of the Divine Comedy, Dante ascends to Heaven in this third and final part, continuing his soul’s search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in the radiant presence of the deity. Examining eternal questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, Dante exercised all his learning and wit, wrath and tenderness in his creation of one of the greatest of all Christian allegories.
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