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The Divine Comedy - by Dante Alighieri (Paperback)

The Divine Comedy - by  Dante Alighieri (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>For the first time, John Ciardi's translations of Dante's three soaring canticles have been gathered together in a single volume.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The authoritative translations of <i>The Inferno</i>, <i>The Purgatorio</i>, and <i>The Paradiso</i>--together in one volume.</b> <p/>Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, <i>The Divine Comedy, </i> 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. <p/>Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three soaring canticles--<i>The Inferno, The Purgatorio, </i>and <i>The Paradiso--</i>have been gathered together in a single volume. Crystallizing the power and beauty inherent in the great poet's immortal conception of the aspiring soul, <i>The Divine Comedy</i> is a dazzling work of sublime truth and mystical intensity.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them--there is no third."--T.S. Eliot <p/>"Ciardi has given us...a credible, passionate persona of the poet, stripped of the customary gauds of rhetoric and false decoration, strong and noble in utterance."--Dudley Fitts <p/> "A sensitive and perceptive translation...a spectacular achievement."--Archibald MacLeish <p/>"I think [Ciardi's] version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen."--John Crowe Ransom<b> <p/><br></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered the art of lyric poetry at an early age. He is the author of the three canticles, <i>The Inferno, The Purgatorio, </i>and <i>The Paradiso. </i>Politically active in Florence, he was banished to Italy in 1302. In 1274, he met the great love of his life, Beatrice, whom he immortalized in <i>La Vita Nuova </i>(1292) and <i>The Divine Comedy. </i>He died in 1321.

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