| Paradise Contributor(s): Alighieri, Dante (Author), Esolen, Anthony (Translator), Dore, Gustave (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0812977262 ISBN-13: 9780812977264 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: The Divine Comedy is a complete scale of the depths and heights of human emotion," wrote T.S. Eliot. "The last canto of the Paradiso is to my thinking the highest point that poetry has ever reached or ever can reach." The Divine Comedy stands as one of the towering creations of world literature, and its climactic section, the Paradiso, is perhaps the most ambitious poetic attempt ever made to represent the merging of individual destiny with universal order. Having passed through Hell and Purgatory, Dante is led by his beloved Beatrice to the upper sphere of Paradise, wherein lie the sublime truths of Divine will and eternal salvation, to at last experience a rapturous vision of God. "A spectacular achievement," said poet and critic Archibald MacLeish of John Ciardi's version of Dante's masterpiece. "A text with the clarity and sobriety of a first-rate prose translation which at the same time suggests in powerful and unmistakable ways the run and rhythm of the great original." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Poetry | Medieval - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| Series: Divine Comedy |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 5.32" W x 7.98" (0.85 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "If there is any justice in the world of books, Esolen's] will be the standard Dante . . . for some time to come."-Robert Royal, Crisis In this, the concluding volume of The Divine Comedy, Dante ascends from the devastation of the Inferno and the trials of Purgatory. Led by his beloved Beatrice, he enters Paradise, to profess his faith, hope, and love before the Heavenly court. Completed shortly before his death, Paradise is the volume that perhaps best expresses Dante's spiritual philosophy about resurrection, redemption, and the nature of divinity. It also affords modern-day readers a clear window into late medieval perceptions about faith. A bilingual text, classic illustrations by Gustave Dor , an appendix that reproduces Dante's key sources, and other features make this the definitive edition of Dante's ultimate masterwork. |