Cliffsnotes on Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno

by James Lamar Roberts, Nikki Moustaki, CliffsNotes

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.CliffsNotes on Divine Comedy: Inferno takes you deep inside Dante's vision of Hell, the first installment in his three-poem epic.

Following the spiritual journey of Dante and his guide Virgil, this expert study companion provides summaries, commentaries, and glossaries related to each canto within the poem. Other features that help you figure out this important work include


Life and background of the poet and the poem
Introduction to the poem's structure, allegory, symbols, and more
Critical essays that explore deeper meanings within this challenging work
A review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topics and practice projects
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119 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2001

About the author

See James L. Roberts.

Reviews

[Beauregard Bottomley · Rating 3 out of 5]

ScribD offers Cliffnotes as part of their subscription in both ebook format and audio versions. Audible now has them but they really aren't worth one credit or 8 bucks.

As for these specific set of notes they are adequate and they do give the reader a chance on what to focus on when they re-read the Inferno, but they are not standalone guides, and they are better guides out there if one does some quick searching on line.

For ScribD users the PDF 'Dante Alighieri Divine Comedy Cliff Notes Uploaded by Manos Koutsoukos' is definitely better not prone to error and more worthy of consideration than this book.

[Anna Mosca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was interested to see what was out there in the English speaking world as Notes on the Inferno as I have a possible big work on Dante in English in the near future and these Notes are pretty good and accurate. Except for the names pronunciation that could have been better and was quite irritating.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helps to condense and explain things, of course, but the Commentary sections often repeat a lot from the Summary sections. The newer Cliffsnotes also are not as in depth as the older ones, which detracts from what a reader can take from it.

[Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

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