Dante's Divine Comedy

Dante's Divine Comedy
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Publisher : Legare Street Press
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ISBN-10 : 1015544614
ISBN-13 : 9781015544611
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Synopsis Dante's Divine Comedy by : Dante Alighieri

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The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 831
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ISBN-10 : 9781101608388
ISBN-13 : 1101608382
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Synopsis The Divine Comedy by : Dante Alighieri

This beautiful hardcover edition–containing all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso–includes an introduction by Nobel Prize-winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations. The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity. Allen Mandelbaum’s astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece of that genius whom our greatest poets have recognized as a central model for all poets. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

Inferno: The Divine Comedy I

Inferno: The Divine Comedy I
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 722
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ISBN-10 : 9780141916446
ISBN-13 : 0141916443
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Synopsis Inferno: The Divine Comedy I by : Dante

Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonising torture, Dante encounters doomed souls including the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicide Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit. Led by leering demons, the poet must ultimately journey with Virgil to the deepest level of all. For it is only by encountering Satan, in the heart of Hell, that he can truly understand the tragedy of sin.

The Vision of Hell

The Vision of Hell
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Total Pages : 398
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951002389030A
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Synopsis The Vision of Hell by : Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 886
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ISBN-10 : 9780199723355
ISBN-13 : 0199723354
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Synopsis The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri by : Robert M. Durling

Robert Durling's spirited new prose translation of the Paradiso completes his masterful rendering of the Divine Comedy. Durling's earlier translations of the Inferno and the Purgatorio garnered high praise, and with this superb version of the Paradiso readers can now traverse the entirety of Dante's epic poem of spiritual ascent with the guidance of one of the greatest living Italian-to-English translators. Reunited with his beloved Beatrice in the Purgatorio, in the Paradiso the poet-narrator journeys with her through the heavenly spheres and comes to know "the state of blessed souls after death." As with the previous volumes, the original Italian and its English translation appear on facing pages. Readers will be drawn to Durling's precise and vivid prose, which captures Dante's extraordinary range of expression--from the high style of divine revelation to colloquial speech, lyrical interludes, and scornful diatribes against corrupt clergy. This edition boasts several unique features. Durling's introduction explores the chief interpretive issues surrounding the Paradiso, including the nature of its allegories, the status in the poem of Dante's human body, and his relation to the mystical tradition. The notes at the end of each canto provide detailed commentary on historical, theological, and literary allusions, and unravel the obscurity and difficulties of Dante's ambitious style . An unusual feature is the inclusion of the text, translation, and commentary on one of Dante's chief models, the famous cosmological poem by Boethius that ends the third book of his Consolation of Philosophy. A substantial section of Additional Notes discusses myths, symbols, and themes that figure in all three cantiche of Dante's masterpiece. Finally, the volume includes a set of indexes that is unique in American editions, including Proper Names Discussed in the Notes (with thorough subheadings concerning related themes), Passages Cited in the Notes, and Words Discussed in the Notes, as well as an Index of Proper Names in the text and translation. Like the previous volumes, this final volume includes a rich series of illustrations by Robert Turner.

Dante's Inferno, The Indiana Critical Edition

Dante's Inferno, The Indiana Critical Edition
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 0253209307
ISBN-13 : 9780253209306
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Dante's Inferno, The Indiana Critical Edition by : Dante Alighieri

Presents a verse translation of Dante's "Inferno" along with ten essays that analyze the different interpretations of the first canticle of the "Divine Comedy."

Inferno

Inferno
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 9781387005291
ISBN-13 : 1387005294
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Inferno by : Dante Alighieri

Dante's Comedy has become a literary monument but first and foremost it is an engaging and vividly imagined story of a personal journey. Dante, the narrator, through encounters with the souls of dead people, masterly and completely etched in their earthly persona, especially in the Inferno, holds our attention even after so many years, so many stories and despite Dante's world view having become meaningless to us and his faith alien to many of us too.

Purgatorio

Purgatorio
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Total Pages : 307
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ISBN-10 : 0520027124
ISBN-13 : 9780520027121
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Synopsis Purgatorio by : Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy: Inferno (2 v.)

The Divine Comedy: Inferno (2 v.)
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 0691018960
ISBN-13 : 9780691018966
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis The Divine Comedy: Inferno (2 v.) by : Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 442
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ISBN-10 : 0142437220
ISBN-13 : 9780142437223
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Divine Comedy by : Dante Alighieri

An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the original A Penguin Classic This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.