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The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso

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Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, 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.

Now, for the first time, John Ciardi's brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante's three soaring canticles — "The Inferno," "The Purgatorio," and "The Paradiso" — 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, The Divine Comedy is a dazzling work of sublime truth and mystical intensity.

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"I think [Ciardi's] version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen." John Crowe Ransom

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"Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them — there is no third." T.S. Eliot

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"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

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"A sensitive and perceptive translation...a spectacular achievement." Archibald MacLeish

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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, 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.

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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, 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.

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Dante Alighieri was considered Italy's greatest poet. He is the author of the three canticles, The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso, along with La Vita Nuova. He died in 1321. John Ciardi was a distinguished poet and professor, having taught at Harvard and Rutgers universities, and is a poetry editor of The Saturday Review. He was a winner of the Harriet Monroe Memorial Award and the Prix de Rome.

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Table of Contents

The Divine Comedy How to Read Dante

Translator's Note

The Inferno

Introduction

Cantos

The Purgatorio

Introduction

Cantos

The Paradiso

Introduction

Cantos

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Product details 928 pages New American Library - 2004-02-12 English 9780451208637 Reviews:

"Review" by John Crowe Ransom, "I think [Ciardi's] version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen."

"Review" by T.S. Eliot, "Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them — there is no third."

"Review" by Dudley Fitts, "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."

"Review" by Archibald MacLeish, "A sensitive and perceptive translation...a spectacular achievement."

"Synopsis" by Penguin,

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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, 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.

10 illustrations

#LINK<># @HolyHaha I have to climb a mountain now? You got to be kidding me. Is this a joke? Who the hell came up with story? VIIIRRRGGGILLLLLLLLLLL!

From #LINK<Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less>#

"Synopsis" by Penguin, Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, 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.

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