The Portable Dante
Author: Alighieri, Dante
ISBN: 9780142437544
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 31 Aug 2003
Pages: 704
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The famed Italian poet Dante AlighieriP#8217;s two masterworksP#8212;Plt;iPgt;The Divine ComedyPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;La Vita NuovaPlt;/iPgt;P#8212;in one volumePlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate all three realms with recognizable human beings. As a passionate lover, he became a poet of bereavement and renunication. As all of these, Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Portable DantePlt;/iPgt;P#160;captures the scope and fire of DanteP#8217;s genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. It contains complete verse translations ofP#160;Plt;iPgt;The Divine ComedyPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;La Vita NuovaPlt;/iPgt;, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by the eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700P#160;titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theP#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateP#160;translations by award-winning translators.
ISBN: 9780142437544
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 31 Aug 2003
Pages: 704
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;The famed Italian poet Dante AlighieriP#8217;s two masterworksP#8212;Plt;iPgt;The Divine ComedyPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;La Vita NuovaPlt;/iPgt;P#8212;in one volumePlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;As a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate all three realms with recognizable human beings. As a passionate lover, he became a poet of bereavement and renunication. As all of these, Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;iPgt;The Portable DantePlt;/iPgt;P#160;captures the scope and fire of DanteP#8217;s genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. It contains complete verse translations ofP#160;Plt;iPgt;The Divine ComedyPlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;La Vita NuovaPlt;/iPgt;, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by the eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700P#160;titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theP#160;series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-dateP#160;translations by award-winning translators.
