The Divine Comedy, 9780141197494
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Journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven in search of redemption.

The Divine Comedy

inferno, purgatorio, paradiso

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  • Paperback

    752 pages

  • Release Date

    20 November 2012

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Summary

Journey Through the Afterlife: A New Translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy

Robin Kirkpatrick’s superb translation of the most famous work of Italian literature, in a one-volume edition.

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 mo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141197494
ISBN-10:0141197498
Series:Penguin Classics
Author:Dante Alighieri, Robin Kirkpatrick
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:752
Release Date:20 November 2012
Weight:546g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 43mm
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Critics Review

The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism … Likely to be the best modern version of Dante – Bernard O’DonoghueKirkpatrick brings a more nuanced sense of the Italian and a more mediated appreciation of the poem’s construction than nearly all of his competitors * The Times *We gain much from Kirkpatrick’s fidelity to syntax and nuance… His introduction…tells you, very readable indeed, pretty much all you need for a heightened appreciation of the work * Guardian *

About The Author

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. His life was divided by political duties and poetry, the most famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice, including La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy. He died in Ravenna in 1321.

Robin Kirkpatrick is a poet and widely-published Dante scholar. He has taught courses on Dante’s Divine Comedy in Hong Kong, Dublin, and Cambridge where is Fellow of Robinson College and Professor of Italian and English Literatures.

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