The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso - Paperback

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The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso - Paperback

The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio, the Paradiso - Paperback

by Dante Alighieri
$22.00
$22.00

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by Dante Alighieri (Author), John Ciardi (Translator)

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.

Author Biography

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.

Number of Pages: 928
Dimensions: 1.6 x 9 x 6.3 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: May 27, 2003
ISBN9780451208637
Author Dante Alighieri
PublisherBerkley Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedMay 2003
LanguageENG- English
Pages928
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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ROBERT HOLLANDER taught Dante's Divine Comedy to Princeton students for forty-two years, and is the author of a dozen books and more than seventy articles on Dante, Boccaccio, and other Italian authors. He is Professor in European Literature Emeritus at Princeton and the founding director of both the Dartmouth Dante Project and the Princeton Dante Project. He has received many awards, including the gold medal of the city of Florence and the gold florin of the Dante Society of America, in recognition of his work on Dante. JEAN HOLLANDER has taught literature and writing at Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Princeton University, and the College of New Jersey, where she was director of the Writers' Conference for twenty-three years.

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