The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatory (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatory (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The second volume of Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through

The Divine Comedy 2 - Purgatory - Dante Alighieri

The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The first volume of Dante's Divine Comedy Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine circles of the underworld and encounter the tormented souls of the damned - from heretics and pagans

The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The third volume of Dante's Divine ComedyTo the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his Comedy in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. Taking two threads of a story that

The Divine Comedy: Volume 2: Purgatorio (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The second volume of Dante's epic, printed with the original Italian and Robin Kirkpatrick's sublime translation Climbing out of Hell, Dante in the Purgatorio reaches an island set in the southern ocean. This is Mount Purgatory, where he encounters the penitents who heroically endure their

The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)(Paperback)

This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described

The Divine Comedy I: Inferno (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

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 treachery Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in

The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradiso (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The radiant climax to Dante's awe-inspiring epic, in a definitive new translation Having plunged to the utmost depths of Hell and climbed Mount Purgatory in the first two parts of The Divine Comedy, Dante now ascends to Heaven, guided by his beloved Beatrice, to continue his search for God. As he

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the original A Penguin Classic This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian

Divine Comedy (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) (Alighieri Dante)(Leather / fine binding)

A landmark of world literature, The Divine Comedy tells of the poet Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise in search of salvation. Before he is redeemed by his love for the heavenly Beatrice, he learns the meaning of evil, sin, damnation and forgiveness through a series of

The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Dante Alighieri)(Paperback)

This convenient single-volume edition contains all three parts of Dante's 14th century poem ― Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso ― in an acclaimed translation by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Combining classical and Christian history as well as medieval politics and religion, this

The Portable Dante (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri's two masterworks--The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova--in one volume A Penguin Classic As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal

Paradise: Dual Language and New Verse Translation - Dante Alighieri

In the third and final part of The Divine Comedy, Dante recounts his journey through heaven, after the travails and torments of Hell and the arduous ascent of Mount Purgatory, creating a cosmology of the highest realm of creation which is astonishing in its complexity. In Dante's imagining,

The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

The final volume in a brilliant translation destined to take its place among the great English versions of The Divine Comedy In his translation of Paradise, Mark Musa exhibits the same sensitivity to language and knowledge of translation that enabled his versions of Inferno and Purgatory to capture

Divine Comedy (Alighieri Dante)(Pevná vazba)

This edition prints all three parts of Dante's great poem about the journey of the soul - INFERNO, PURGATORIO and PARADISO - in the recent English translation by Allen Mandelbaum, with an introduction and explanatory notes on each canto by the noted Dante scholar, Peter

Inferno: The Divine Comedy I - Dante Alighieri

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through

Purgatory (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

Describing Dante's second stage in his arduous journey to redemption, Purgatory features a host of unforgettable scenes and characters, and arguably some of the best poetry to be found in the Divine Comedy. The gloom, torments and evils of Hell have been left behind, but Dante's ascent of Mount

The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

A stunning 3-in-1 edition of one of the great works of Western literatureAn 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 Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and,

A Beginner's Guide to Dante's Divine Comedy (Baxter Jason M.)(Paperback)

Dante's Divine Comedy is widely considered to be one of the most significant works of literature ever written. It is renowned not only for its ability to make truths known but also for its power to make them loved. It captures centuries of thought on sin, love, community, moral living, God's work

The Complete Danteworlds: A Reader's Guide to the Divine Comedy (Raffa Guy P.)(Paperback)

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has, despite its enormous popularity and importance, often stymied readers with its multitudinous characters, references, and themes. But until the publication in 2007 of Guy Raffa's guide to the Inferno, students lacked a suitable resource to help them navigate

William Blake. Dante's 'Divine Comedy'. the Complete Drawings (Schtze Sebastian)(Pevná vazba)

Discover William Blake’s complete 102 illustrations for The Divine Comedy, with excerpts from Dante’s epic poem. Featuring an intimate reading of Blake’s extraordinary works and many close-up details, this is a breathtaking encounter with two of the finest artistic talents in history, as well

The Divine Comedy (Dante)(Paperback)

'Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third.' - T. S. Eliot'Dante's poem is, for many, the greatest single work of Western literature.' - Ian Thompson.'I love my Dante as much as the Bible. He is my spiritual food, the rest is ballast.' - James Joyce.In the middle

The Inferno of Dante Alighieri (Alighieri Dante)(Paperback)

This startling new translation of Dante's Inferno is by Ciaran Carson, one of contemporary Ireland's most dazzlingly gifted poets. Written in a vigorous and inventive contemporary idiom, while also reproducing the intricate rhyme-scheme that is so essential to the beauty and power of Dante's epic,

Dante's Comedy: The Inferno (Aligheri Dante)(Paperback / softback)