The Nile on eBay The Divine Comedy & Paradise by Dante Alighieri, Barbara Reynolds
Having climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God guided by his beloved, Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in God's presence.
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'The most moving lines literature has achieved' Jorge Luis BorgesIn Paradise, having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory, Dante ascends to Heaven, continuing his soul's search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in the radiant presence of the deity. Examining eternal questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, Dante exercised all his learning and wit, wrath and tenderness in his creation of one of the greatest of all Christian allegories.
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Third volume in the landmark tranlation, bringing the poetry vividly to life.
Author Biography
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He was married when he was around twenty to Gemma Donati and had four children. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321.Dorothy L. Sayers wrote novels, poetry, and translated Dante for the Penguin Classics. She died in 1957.Barbara Reynolds was Lecturer in Italian at Cambridge University and subsequently Reader in Italian Studies at Nottingham, and Honorary Reader at Warwick. She has written books, both on Italian authors and on Dorothy L. Sayers.
Review
"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
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"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
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'The most moving lines literature has achieved' Jorge Luis Borges
Details ISBN0140441050 Author Barbara Reynolds Short Title DIVINE COMEDY Pages 400 Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0140441050 ISBN-13 9780140441055 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 851.1 Illustrations Yes Translator Barbara Reynolds Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Italian Birth 1265 Death 1321 Edition 1st Edited by Dorothy L. Sayers Tag pengblackclassics Residence US DOI 10.1604/9780140441055 Series Number 3 Subtitle Volume 3: Paradise UK Release Date 2004-04-29 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2004 Publication Date 2004-04-29 Alternative 9780141916026 Audience General NZ Release Date 1963-12-30 AU Release Date 1963-12-30 We've got this
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