Books : Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics)
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by: Dante Alighieri, Alighieri Dante, David N. Higgins
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 851.1
EAN: 9780192835024
ISBN: 0192835025
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 752
Publication Date: February 01, 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 204798
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described as the 'fifth gospel' because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages.
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Rating:  - This is the Edition to Own
What can one say about the Divine Comedy? It's one of the greatest epic poems, and influenced literature immensely. Though it was forgotten for a while, 19th century Romantic poets "re-discovered" it; James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and Samuel Becket are among those who were in debt to the work. Further, the Divine Comedy has made a huge impact on popular culture and imagination. First, the image that the vast majority of people have of hell; of a place under the earth with red demons and fiery pits where ... Read More
Rating: - Understandable
This is a great translation of Dante. I've read a few translations of The Inferno - once in high school and a different one in college. This one was far clearer and had better notes that either of them. Also, I am a fan of hardcovers for books such as this - ones that you intend to keep around.
The story itself is fascinating - Dante's view of the afterlife, filled with beautiful literary devices. In the Inferno, for example, he will discuss different circles of hell, with different ... Read More
Rating:  - Abysmal Translation, Good Notes
Reading this book gave one the impression that they could well sympathize with Hannibal's troops as they crossed the alps--one sets out with an obstensibly noble mission, but encounters massive casualties along the way.
Sisson's vers libre provides the vacuum within the bog. If the Divine Comedy is poetry, the Divine Comedy this is not. Poetry turned mundane.
However, his 235 pages of endnotes are massively helpful. The Divine Comedy was, in part, an exercise in ... Read More
Rating:  - Divine Comedy
I found the cd very close to the book but abriged. I recommended even if you can't get thought the book which is difficult
Rating: - The need for Quality Assurance ???
Dante stands alongside Shakespeare, Milton, & T.S Eliot et al. as one of the most profound minds and thinkers of our shared culture and history. Whilst the recording does not capture the tone and poetic sensibilities of Dante, It is tragic to say the least that anyone can publish a review - in particular those who can not even read (See Annie Feng's review). I think there is a need for some form of Quality Assurance to ensure that those who can appreciate art (regardless of their religious or philosophical ... Read More
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