Wonders of the World: The Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Florentine: Cantica 1: Hell: v.1 - Softcover

Alighieri, Dante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140448217 ISBN 13: 9780140448214

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2002

Synopsis

'Midway this way of life we're bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.' An epic poem recounting the poet's journey through nine circles of hell.

About this title

About the Author

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was born to a noble but impoverished family. When the Black Guelfs came to power in 1302 Dante, whose sympathies lay with the White Guelfs, was exiled from Florence. He eventually settled in Ravenna, where he completed the DIVINE COMEDY just before his death.
Dorothy Leigh Sayers translated THE SONG OF ROLAND and Dante's DIVINE COMEDY for Penguin Classics. She also wrote a number of classic detective novels, as well as plays and poetry. She died in 1957.

From the Back Cover

'Midway this way of life we're bound upon, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.'

Part of the beautifully presented 'Wonders of the World' series. Translated with an introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers.

'The ideal way of reading The Divine Comedy would be to start at the first line and go straight through to the end, surrendering to the vigour of the story-telling and the swift movement of the verse, and not bothering about any historical allusions or theological explanations which do not occur in the text itself. That is how Dante himself tackles his subject.' From the Introduction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140448217
• ISBN 13: 9780140448214
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Kirkpatrick Robin