The Divine Comedy & Paradise
The Divine Comedy & Paradise
paperback | English
Published:
29 April, 2004
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780140441055 |
| ISBN10 | 0140441050 |
| Number Of Pages | 400 |
| Item Weight | 280 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 24 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
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“The English Dante of choice.” —Hugh Kenner
“Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths.” —Robert Fagles, Princeton University
“A marvel of fidelity to the original, of sobriety, and truly, of inspired poetry.” —Henri Peyre, Yale University
Author's Bio
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He was married when he was around twenty to Gemma Donati and had four children. He met Beatrice, who was to be his muse, in 1274, and when she died in 1290 he sought distraction in philosophy and theology, and wrote La Vita Nuova. He worked on the Divine Comedy from 1308 until near the time of his death in Ravenna in 1321.
Dorothy L. Sayers wrote novels, poetry, and translated Dante for the Penguin Classics. She died in 1957.
Barbara Reynolds was Lecturer in Italian at Cambridge University and subsequently Reader in Italian Studies at Nottingham, and Honorary Reader at Warwick. She has written books, both on Italian authors and on Dorothy L. Sayers.