Dante's fantasy of hell,and his yearning after the Epic Poetry form of Virgil, the Latin poet. Again the magnificent illustrations of Gustav Dore, and the actual inspiration for the film. Presented on each of the seventy-six illustrated first edition plates,a fast-moving condensed version of INFERNO takes station, with a voice speaking the appropriate lines of Dante, and according to the Lawrence Grant White English translation.
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