Dante Alighieri

For the first time in one volume, the most elegant and accessible translation of Dante's enduring masterpiece Charles Singleton's English-language translation of The Divine Comedy is widely considered to be one of the finest renderings of Dante's masterpiece. Singleton's prose is both faithful and scholarly, and sensitive to the subtle nuances of meaning and richness of reference in Dante's epic poem. Here for the first time is the single-volume...

The last great literary work of the Middle Ages and the first important book of the Renaissance, Dante's Divine Comedy culminates in this third and final section, Paradiso. The 14th-century allegory portrays a medieval perspective on the afterlife, tracing the poet's voyage across three realms - Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise - to investigate the concepts of sin, guilt, and redemption. Expressed in sublime verse, the trilogy concludes with this challenging...

La Divina Commedia, di Dante Alighieri, scritta tra il 1307 e il 1321, è uno dei capolavori assoluti della letteratura mondiale. Il poema narra il viaggio di Dante stesso attraverso i tre regni dell'aldilà - Inferno, Purgatorio e Paradiso - compiuto durante la Settimana Santa dell'anno 1300. Smarrito nella "selva oscura", simbolo della crisi morale e spirituale dell'uomo, il poeta intraprende un cammino di conoscenza e redenzione che lo conduce...

Embárcate en un viaje épico a través de los reinos del más allá. La Divina Comedia de Dante Alighieri es una obra maestra de la literatura universal que te invita a explorar el Infierno, el Purgatorio y el Paraíso. Acompaña a Dante en su travesía guiada por el poeta Virgilio y su amada Beatriz, mientras descubre los secretos del alma humana y el destino eterno. Con su profunda exploración de la moralidad, el amor y la redención, esta obra...

In this new edition Musa views Dante's intention as one of cruel and comic commentary on the shallowness and self-pity of his protagonist, who only occasionally glimpses the true nature of love. ". . . the explication de texte which accompanies [Musa's] translation is instructively novel, always admirable. . . . This present work offers English readers a lengthy appraisal which should figure in future scholarly discussions." -Choice

As Dante's soul ascents to God, he must juggle with the weight of the world's injustices at his feet. Cleansed of his own sins, his vision and virtues are clear. But how can good triumph over evil back on Earth? With God's own message so brilliant in Heaven, Dante scrambles to write and record all that he can for mortals on Earth. And as he joins his beloved Beatrice for a final future, he's intent on sharing his moral musing with those treading a...

Having survived the darkest and deepest depths of Hell, Dante must now clamber and climb up the mountain of Purgatory to secure his seat in Heaven. But reuniting with his beloved Beatrice is far from easy. Seven terraces await him. With seven deadly sins. Can Dante cleanse his soul of each and every one? And is his newfound heavenly hope enough to reject the fierce and fiery hell he left behind? In his second instalment of 'The Divine Comedy', Dante...

Long narrative poem originally titled Commedia (about 1555 printed as La divina commedia) written about 1310-14 by Dante. The work is divided into three major sections-Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso-which trace the journey of a man from darkness and error to the revelation of the divine light, culminating in the beatific vision of God. It is usually held to be one of the world's greatest works of literature. The plot of The Divine Comedy is simple:...

This celebration of the poet's passionate love for his immortal Beatrice weaves together rapturous sonnets and canzoni with prose commentaries and an autobiographical narrative. A predecessor to The Divine Comedy, La Vita Nuova (The New Life) also serves as an ever-relevant treatise on the art and technique of poetry.

Continuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Singleton's translation of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the Paradiso. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page); its companion volume of commentary is a masterpiece of erudition, offering a wide range of information on such subjects as...