The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno Contributor(s): Durling, Robert M. (Editor), Durling, Robert M. (Translator), Durling, Robert M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195087445 ISBN-13: 9780195087444 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: This timeless Christian allegory has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery fo its own identity. In the Inferno, the first of the Comedy's three parts, Dante is conducted by the spirit of the classical poet Virgil through the nine circles of Hell on the initial stage of his arduous journey toward God. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - Literary Collections | European - General |
Dewey: 851.1 |
Lexile Measure: 1270 |
Series: Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri |
Physical Information: 1.76" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.99 lbs) 672 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This is the first volume of a new prose translation of Dante's epic - the first in twenty-five years. Robert Durling's translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with its terror, pathos, and sardonic humour, and its penetrating analyses of the psychology of sin and the ills that plague society. A newly edited version of the Italian text can be on facing pages, and this edition includes fully comprehensive notes as well as sixteen essays on special subjects. |