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The vision of hell. / By Dante Alighieri. / Translated by Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. / and illustrated with the seventy-five designs of Gustave Doré. cover

The vision of hell. / By Dante Alighieri. / Translated by Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A. / and illustrated with the seventy-five designs of Gustave Doré.

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The poem follows a pilgrim who, guided by a revered classical poet, descends through successive circles of the afterlife to behold punishments tailored to particular sins. Along the route he confronts allegorical beasts, speaks with tormented souls and witnesses vivid tableaux of mythic and historical figures; a sequence of cantos arranges crimes and retribution to illuminate a moral architecture in which divine justice and contrapasso govern suffering. The journey frames themes of sin, moral responsibility, repentance, and the soul’s progress toward eventual purification.

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Title: The vision of hell.

Author: Dante Alighieri

Illustrator: Gustave Doré

Translator: Henry Francis Cary

Release date: August 7, 2004 [eBook #8789]
Most recently updated: December 25, 2022

Language: English

Original publication: Cassell & Company, Limited: London, Paris & Melbourne, 1892

Credits: David Widger

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THE VISION OF HELL

BY DANTE ALIGHIERI

ILLUSTRATED BY GUSTAVE DORÉ

TRANSLATED BY
THE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A.