Told in first person, Dante follows the poet Virgil through the rings of hell and purgatory. The Divine Comedy is a highly allegorical text and renowned as one of the most influential Italian masterpieces in literature.
DANTE/INFERNO VOL 1 (BC)
Offers a new, accessible translation of the classic epic poem about a spiritual pilgrim's journey from the depths of the inferno to the heights of paradise, in an edition that also includes notes on the text.
'A fresh, impressive new translation of The Divine Comedy that is both easy-going and lucid' Best Books of 2013, Sunday TimesThe Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and Clive James's new translation - his life's work and ...
... Verse The Book of My Enemy: Collected Verse 1958–2003 Opal Sunset: Selected Poems 1958–2008 Angels over Elsinore Nefertiti in the Flak Tower Criticism Reliable Essays: The Best of Clive James The Metropolitan Critic (new edition, ...
In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it is the "realm ... of those who have rejected spiritual values by yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or by perverting their human ...
Translated in this edition by Allen Mandelbaum, The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300.
The first part of Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, revealing the eternal punishment reserved for such sins as greed, self-deception, political double-dealing and treacheryDescribing Dante's descent into Hell midway...
Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of the seven deadly sins.
Études sur la Divine Comédie , la composition du poème et son rayonnement . Paris , 1922 . Haywood , Richard M. " Inferno , I , 106-108 . " MLN LXXIV ( 1959 ) : 416–18 . Hervieux , Léopold ( ed . ) . " Romuli vulgaris fabularum libri ...
This volume includes a new introduction, notes, maps and diagrams 'The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism... likely to be the best modern version of Dante' - Bernard O'Donoghue 'The most moving lines literature has achieved' - ...
Featuring a new introduction, the classic translation by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), and over one hundred engravings by Gustave Dore, this volume of The Divine Comedy is an indispensable classic for every home library.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno
This work is divided into three major sections-Inferno, Purgatorio, andParadiso.Dante had two guides: Virgil, who leads him throughInferno, Purgatorio and Beatrice, who introduces him toParadiso.
It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature[1] and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.
Compiè il cantare e volger sua misura; e attesersi a noi quei santi lumi, felicitando sè di cura in cura. 3o Ruppe il silenzio ne concordi numi poscia la luce in che mirabil vita del poverel di Dio narrata fumi, e disse: “Quando l'una ...
A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literature An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of ...
... ELLIS Poetry Home and Away Spring Collection West Pathway Criticism British Writers and the Approach of World War ... Language and Landscape in 'Four Quartets' Geoffrey Chaucer T. S. Eliot: a Guide for the Perplexed Virginia Woolf ...
60 E quel che vedi nell'arco declivo, Guiglielmo fu, cui quella terra plora che piagne Carlo e Federigo vivo: ora conosce come s'innamora lo ciel del giusto rege, ed al sembiante del suo fulgor lo fa vedere ancora.
This edition also includes a chronology, further reading, maps, diagrams and notes on each canto. Translated and edited with an introduction and notes by Robin Kirkpatrick