{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-inferno-purgatorio-paradiso","title":"The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Dante’s journey\nthrough Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe poem explores the condition of the soul after death and\nillustrates the concept of divine justice, where individuals receive either\npunishment or reward based on their earthly actions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGuided by Virgil and later by Beatrice and Saint Bernard,\nDante meets various historical and mythical figures, each assigned a specific\nplace in the afterlife according to their deeds on Earth, providing a\nstructured vision of what comes after death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence. His family, of\nminor nobility, was not wealthy nor especially distinguished; his mother died\nwhen he was a child, his father before 1283. At about the age of 20 he married\nGemma Donati, by whom he had three children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLittle is known of Dante's formal education-it is likely to\nhave included study with the Dominicans, the Augustinians, and the Franciscans\nin Florence, and at the university in Bologna. In 1295 he entered Florentine\npolitics and in the summer of 1300 he became one of the six governing Priors of\nFlorence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1301, the political situation forced Dante and his party\ninto exile. For the rest of his life he wandered through Italy, perhaps studied\nat Paris, while depending for refuge on the generosity of various nobles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe continued to write and at some point late in life he took\nasylum in Ravenna where he completed the Divine Commedia and died, much\nhonoured, in 1321.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WILCO INTERNATIONAL LLP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44721270882511,"sku":"9788119307586","price":40.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_ebb1a4cc-ebd9-4672-84d1-764716c4db22.jpg?v=1773642894","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-divine-comedy-inferno-purgatorio-paradiso","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}