| The Paradiso Contributor(s): Alighieri, Dante (Author), Ciardi, John (Translator), Freccero, John (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0451531418 ISBN-13: 9780451531414 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: ." . . All things whate'er they be Have order among themselves: and this is Form, That makes the universe resemble God." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-82) was America's most widely read poet of the 19th century. Yet little remembered today is the ambitious and laborious project of his middle years: his translation for New World readers of Dante Alighieri's epic trilogy of a journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In "Paradiso," the third and final book, Dante enters the realms of the upper Heavens, where he and others rail against the avarice, luxury and corruption of ecclesiastics -- and where no less than Saints Peter, James and John challenge Dante on questions of Faith, Hope, and Charity. Dante learns of the creation of the angels, the fall of Lucifer, and gains final insight into the mystery of human and divine nature, in this fitting sequel to "Inferno" and "Purgatorio." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Poetry | Medieval - Poetry | Epic |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010668194 |
| Series: Signet Classics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 4.1" W x 6.6" (0.50 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Paradiso, Dante explores the goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of truth is a work of mystical intensity? an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love. |