The Divine Comedy: Paradise: 003 - Softcover

Alighieri, Dante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140444432 ISBN 13: 9780140444438

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1986

Synopsis

The final volume in this brilliant translation destined to take its place among the great English versions of The Divine Comedy.

In his translation of Paradise, Mark Musa exhibits the same sensitivity to language and knowledge of translation that enabled his versions of Inferno and Purgatory to capture the vibrant power and full dramatic force of Dante’s poetry. Dante relates his mystical interpretation of the heavens, and his moment of transcendent glory, as he journeys, first with Beatrice, then alone, toward the Trinity.

Professor Musa’s extraordinary translation and his interpretive commentary, informative glossary, and bibliography clarify the theological themes and make Dante accessible to the English-speaking public.

About this title

About the Author

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140444432
• ISBN 13: 9780140444438
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 464