The Divine Comedy
The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso
$43.69
- Paperback
928 pages
- Release Date
27 May 2003
Summary
The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso—together in one volume.
Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise—the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451208637 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451208633 |
| Author: | Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Dutton / Signet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 928 |
| Release Date: | 27 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 811g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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“Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them—there is no third.”—T.S. Eliot“Ciardi has given us…a credible, passionate persona of the poet, stripped of the customary gauds of rhetoric and false decoration, strong and noble in utterance.”—Dudley Fitts“A sensitive and perceptive translation…a spectacular achievement.”—Archibald MacLeish“I think [Ciardi’s] version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen.”—John Crowe Ransom
About The Author
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy’s greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered the art of lyric poetry at an early age. He is the author of the three canticles, The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso. Politically active in Florence, he was banished to Italy in 1302. In 1274, he met the great love of his life, Beatrice, whom he immortalized in La Vita Nuova (1292) and The Divine Comedy. He died in 1321.
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