. Dante Alighieri
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
"Dante Alighieri's magnificent story of his journey through the infinite horrors of Hell and past the gates inscribed with the timeless words: Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. The poem is a terrifying vision of the consequences of sin, a daring quest for the path to Paradise, and a vivid pageant of the Middle Ages"--Container back cover insert.
Author
Series
Library of liberal arts volume no. 15
Publisher
Liberal Arts Press
Pub. Date
[1957]
Language
English
Author
Series
Mentor classic volume MT354
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1961]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Angelico Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Dante Alighieri was early in recognizing that our age has a problem. His hometown, Florence, was at the epicenter of the move from the medieval world to the modern. He realized that awareness of divine reality was shifting, and that if it were lost, dire consequences would follow, The divine comedy was born in a time of troubling transition, which is why it still speaks today. Dante's masterpiece presents a cosmic vision of reality, which he invites...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1996-2011
Lexile measure
1270L
Language
English
Description
This first volume of this new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Inferno and, on facing pages, a new prose translation (the first in twenty-five years). Robert Durling's translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with all its terror, pathos, and sardonic humor, and its penetrating analyses of the psychology of sin and the ills that plague society. Martinez and Durling's introduction...