Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume); Introduction by Eugenio Montale
Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume); Introduction by Eugenio Montale
Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume); Introduction by Eugenio Montale
Description
Description
This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"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.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor"
About the Author
About the Author
Dante Alighieri, born in Florence, Italy, c. 1265, is considered one of the world's greatest poets. His use of the Florentine dialect established it as the basis for modern Italian. His late medieval epic, The Divine Comedy, was above all inspired, as was all his poetry, by his unrequited love for Beatrice, a woman he may have seen only from afar. He died in 1321, having completed his great work, yet an exile from his native city.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"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
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Everyman's Library
Pub date:
1995-08-01
Length:
960 pages
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