Dante's Purgatorio
$44.40
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
30 October 2024
Summary
Dante’s Purgatorio: A Modern Essex Ascent
A sequel to Dante’s Inferno, this reimagining shifts the action to Mersea Island, Essex. Dante, guided by Ted Berrigan, ascends a mountain of Flexible Rock Substitute, encountering contemporary artists like Grayson Perry, Rachel Whiteread, and Damien Hirst—who, burdened by a spinning Siemens Avantgarde washing machine, embodies pride.
The climb features encounters with a diverse cast: Christopher Marlowe, Boris Johnson, Lady…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781800174450 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1800174454 |
| Author: | Philip Terry |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Poetry |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
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About The Author
Philip Terry
Philip Terry was born in Belfast, and is a poet, translator, and a writer of fiction. He has translated the work of Georges Perec, Michèle Métail and Raymond Queneau, and is the author of the novel tapestry, shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize. His poetry and experimental translations include Oulipoems, Dante’s Inferno and Dictator, a version of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Globish. The Penguin Book of Oulipo, which he edited, was published in Penguin Modern Classics in 2020, and Carcanet published his edition of Jean-Luc Champerret’s The Lascaux Notebooks, the first ever anthology of Ice Age poetry, in 2022.
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