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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100451208633

ISBN-139780451208637

eBay Product ID (ePID)2411798

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Book TitleDivine Comedy : the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and the Paradiso

Number of Pages928 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Epic, Ancient & Classical, European / Italian

Publication Year2003

GenrePoetry, Fiction

AuthorDante Alighieri

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight29.4 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2002-037963

Reviews"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, "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, "The English Dante of choice." Hugh Kenner "Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths." Robert Fagles, Princeton University "A marvel of fidelity to the original, of sobriety, and truly, of inspired poetry." Henri Peyre, Yale University

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Table Of ContentThe Divine ComedyHow to Read Dante Translator's Note The Inferno Introduction Cantos The Purgatorio Introduction Cantos The Paradiso Introduction Cantos

SynopsisThe 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberPQ4315.C5 2003