The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso - Softcover

Alighieri, Dante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451208633 ISBN 13: 9780451208637

Publisher: Dutton / Signet, 2003

Synopsis

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.

Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three soaring canticles--The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso--have been gathered together in a single volume. Crystallizing the power and beauty inherent in the great poet's immortal conception of the aspiring soul, The Divine Comedy is a dazzling work of sublime truth and mystical intensity.

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Review:

"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

Book Description:

Renowned critic and poet Clive James presents the crowning achievement of his career: a monumental translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. Shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award 2013.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton / Signet
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0451208633
• ISBN 13: 9780451208637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 928