The Divine Comedy
Author(s): Dante Alighieri
A new verse translation of the first part of Dante's poetic masterpiece by poet and John Florio Translation Prize winner, J. G. Nichols, this dual-language edition also features an Introduction by M. L. McLaughlin, Fiat-Serena Professor of Italian Studies and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. It contains introduction / summary to each canto, footnotes: textual notes on the Italian and notes on the translation, diagrams to understand Dante's topology and detailed index. Awaking in a dark wood, Dante is forced to confront the 'darkness' of his own life, and so embarks upon a three-day journey towards redemption. His first day is spent travelling through hell - the Inferno - with the poet Virgil as his guide. As they travel through the different circles of hell, and meet an array of fiendish characters, each one suffering varying degrees of suffering and damnation for the sins they committed on earth, Dante learns to value the true nature of good and evil. Freelance writer and journalist Ian Thomson, one of the last people to interview Primo Levi for a biography which won the W.H.Heinemann Award, has recently published 'Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti'
General Information
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- : Hesperus Press Ltd
- : Hesperus Press Ltd
- : 0.448
- : 25 February 2005
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Dante Alighieri
- : Paperback
- : 400
- : Illustrations
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'It is extremely difficult to read any classic work afresh, in a defamiliarized way, but perhaps that is one of the advantages of a new translation, that it gives a fresh voice to a familiar text, like the restoration of the colours in an old master painting. It is important for the English reader trying to achieve that sense of freshness to remember that Dante's Comedy emerges from the mists of the middle ages almost without precedent... This new translation by J. G. Nicholls has preserved the crucial Dantesque virtues of concreteness, economy and energy.' - from the Introduction by Martin McLaughlin 'Dante's epic of sin and salvation endures powerfully' - from the Foreword by Ian Thomson
Author of the masterpiece The Divine Comedy, Florentine Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the greatest writers of all time. M. L. McLaughlin is Fiat-Serena Professor of Italian Studies and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford Freelance writer and journalist Ian Thomson, one of the last people to interview Primo Levi for a biography which won the W.H. Heinemann Award, has recently published 'Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti'
