The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

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Robin Kirkpatrick’s masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as…

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Robin Kirkpatrick’s masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy, published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as the general reader coming to this great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time.

The Divine Comedy describes Dante’s descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption.

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’ – Jorge Luis Borges

‘This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translation – a deeply-informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read’ – Professor David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania

Individual editions of Robin Kirkpatrick’s translation – InfernoPurgatorio and Paradiso – are also available in Penguin Classics, and include Dante’s Italian printed alongside the English text.

 

Detaljer

Først publisert: 2012
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 752
Oversetter: Robin Kirkpatrick
ISBN: 9780141197494
Innbinding: Heftet