Best Version Of Dante's Divine Comedy - April 2024

The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso)

The authoritative translations of The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso—together in one volume.Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise—the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.Now, for the first time, John Ciardi’s brilliant and authoritative translations of Dante’s three soaring canticles—The Inferno, The... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451208633
• ASIN: 0451208633
• ISBN: 0451208633
• Brand: New American Library
• Manufacturer: Berkley

The Divine Comedy - Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso / Complete Version / Dante Alighieri (Best Navigation, Active TOC) - very easy to navigate

• ASIN: B00538DYZ2
• ASIN: B00538DYZ2
• Manufacturer: Forward2

Purgatorio: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Vol. 2

In the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the second volume in this set and opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante the pilgrim coming out of the pit of hell. Similar to the Inferno (34 cantos), this volume is divided into 33 cantos, written in tercets (groups of 3 lines). The English prose is arranged in tercets to facilitate easy correspondence to the verse form of the Italian on the facing page, enabling the reader to follow both languages line by line. In an effort to capture the peculiarities of Dante's orig... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0195087453
• ASIN: 0195087453
• ISBN: 0195087453
• Brand: Oxford University Press USA
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Divine Comedy, Vol. II: Purgatory

The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garde... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140444424
• ASIN: 0140444424
• ISBN: 9780140444421
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Divine Comedy, Vol. 3: Paradise

The final volume in a brilliant translation destined to take its place among the great English versions of The Divine Comedy In his translation of Paradise, Mark Musa exhibits the same sensitivity to language and knowledge of translation that enabled his versions of Inferno and Purgatory to capture the vibrant power and full dramatic force of Dante’s poetry. Dante relates his mystical interpretation of the heavens, and his moment of transcendent glory, as he journeys, first with Beatrice, then alone, toward the Trinity. Professor Musa’s extraordinary translation and his interpretive commen... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140444432
• ASIN: 0140444432
• ISBN: 9780140444438
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno

This is the first volume of a new prose translation of Dante's epic - the first in twenty-five years. Robert Durling's translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with its terror, pathos, and sardonic humour, and its penetrating analyses of the psychology of sin and the ills that plague society.A newly edited version of the Italian text can be on facing pages, and this edition includes fully comprehensive notes as well as sixteen essays on special subjects.

• ASIN: 0195087445
• ASIN: 0195087445
• ISBN: 9780195087444
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno

An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the originalA Penguin Classic This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text. For more than seventy yea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142437220
• ASIN: 0142437220
• ISBN: 9780142437223
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Dore Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy (136 Plates by Gustave Dore)

Gustave Doré (1832–83) was perhaps the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century. His Doré Bible was a treasured possession in countless homes, and his best-received works continued to appear through the years in edition after edition. His illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy constitute one of his most highly regarded efforts and were Doré's personal favorites.The present volume reproduces with excellent clarity all 135 plates that Doré produced for The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. From the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 048623231X
• UPC: 800759232314
• ASIN: 048623231X
• ISBN: 048623231X
• Brand: Dover Publications
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

The Fight and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)

Hazlitt is one of the greatest masters of English prose style and this new selection demonstrates the variety and richness of his writing. The volume includes classic pieces of drama and literature criticism, such as his essays on Shakespeare and Coleridge, as well as less well-known material from his social and political journalism. This collection encourages the reader to reconsider the nature of critical writing, which Hazlitt transforms into an art form.

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• ASIN: B002RI9BGM
• Manufacturer: Penguin

The Inferno

The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an ext... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385496982
• ASIN: 0385496982
• ISBN: 0385496982
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Inferno (Signet Classics)

Belonging in the immortal company of the works of Homer, Virgil, Milton, and Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri’s poetic masterpiece is a visionary journey that takes readers through the torment of Hell.The first part of Dante’s Divine Comedy is many things: a moving human drama, a supreme expression of the Middle Ages, a glorification of the ways of God, and a magnificent protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan. One of the few literary works that has enjoyed a fame both immediate and enduring, The Inferno remains powerful after seven centuries. It confronts the mo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0451531396
• ASIN: 0451531396
• ISBN: 9780451531391
• Brand: Dante Alighieri/ Ciardi, John (TRN)/ Macallister,
• Manufacturer: Signet

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 3: Paradiso

Robert Durling's spirited new prose translation of the Paradiso completes his masterful rendering of the Divine Comedy. Durling's earlier translations of the Inferno and the Purgatorio garnered high praise, and with this superb version of the Paradiso readers can now traverse the entirety of Dante's epic poem of spiritual ascent with the guidance of one of the greatest living Italian-to-English translators. Reunited with his beloved Beatrice in the Purgatorio, in the Paradiso the poet-narrator journeys with her through the heavenly spheres and comes to know "the state of blessed souls after de... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0195087461
• ASIN: 0195087461
• ISBN: 9780195087468
• Brand: Oxford University Press USA
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

The Portable Dante (Penguin Classics)

The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s two masterworks—The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova—in one volumeA Penguin ClassicAs 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 vers... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0142437549
• ASIN: 0142437549
• ISBN: 0142437549
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Aeneid (Penguin Classics)

From the award-winning translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epicFleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles’ mighty foe in the Iliad, begins an incredible journey to fulfill his destiny as the founder of Rome. His voyage will take him through stormy seas, entangle him in a tragic love affair, and lure him into the world of the dead itself--all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno, Queen of the Gods. Ultimately, he reaches the promised land of Italy where, after bloody battles and with high hopes, he founds what will become the Roma... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143106295
• ASIN: 0143106295
• ISBN: 9780143106296
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Divine Comedy (Knickerbocker Classics)

Journey through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso in this stunning gift edition of Dante's epic poems.The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, The Divine Comedy is unabridged and complete, and comprised of all three sections of this epic trilogy by Dante Alighieri: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.For Dante fans worldwide, this stunning gift edition has a cloth binding, ribbon marker, and is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase. Featuring a new introduction, the classic translation by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), and over one hundred engravings by Gu... [Read More]

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• ASIN: 1631061569
• ISBN: 1631061569
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Race Point Publishing

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (DVD)

After making incendiary remarks about mom Ellen Burstyn in a magazine interview, New York-based playwright Sandra Bullock is quot;kidnappedquot; by her mothers friends (Maggie Smith, Fionnula Flanagan, Shirley Knight) and taken back to her Louisiana

• UPC: 14304712
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.833

Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood Full Screen (DVD)

New York playwright Sidda Lee Walker is a long way from her Louisiana hometown, but an even greater emotional distance separates her from her mother Vivi. The Ya-Yas - sworn lifelong friends of Vivi -

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• Model: WARD22827D
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.5

Best Of Comedy Central Presents (DVD)

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• Model: PARD889094D
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.6

Coal Miner's Daughter / Smokey and the Bandit / The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas / Fried Green Tomatoes (DVD)

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• Rating: 4.833

My Best Friend's Wedding (DVD)

DVD, PG13, 105 minutes, COLUMBIA TRI

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• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.8

Heidi (English Version) (DVD)

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• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.0

Bette Midler: Divine Madness (DVD)

Bette Midler dresses up, tells racy jokes and sings "The Rose," "I Shall Be Released," "Leader of the

• UPC: 43337390

Fired Up (Unrated Version)

Fired Up (Unrated Version)

• UPC: 11018639
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 5.0

Best in Show (DVD)

DVD, 90 minutes, Warner

• UPC: 1174150
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.643

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (DVD)

The film follows a group of British retirees who decide to "outsource" their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of

• UPC: 21318414
• Color: YOther
• Rating: 4.571