The Divine Comedy

"The Divine Comedy" begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its i... (more)

"The Divine Comedy" begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity. Allen Mandelbaum's astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece of that genius whom our greatest poets have recognized as a central model for all poets. This Everyman's edition- containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso- includes an introduction by Nobel Prize- winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations. (less)

An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell ... (more)

An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire, and enlightenment and furnished with semiautobiographical details, Dante's poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This acclaimed blank verse translation is published here in a one-volume edition in Penguin Classics' black-spine dress. (less)

Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The divine comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey thr... (more)

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. (less)

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Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Divine Comedy, as well as its importance and critical reception. Inc... (more)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Divine Comedy, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author. (less)

No words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and artistry. The theme that Dante treats is... (more)

No words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and artistry. The theme that Dante treats is universal; it involves the greatest concepts which man has ever attained. Only a genius could find the loftiness of tone and the splendor and variety of images and scenes that are presented in The Divine Comedy. (less)