An introduction and notes, along with illustrations by Gustave Doré, accompany a new translation of the classic epic poem, now in a bilingual edition complete with extensive notes and appendixes, about a spiritual pilgrim being led by Virgil through the nine circles of hell. Reprint.[...]

This edition of Dante's masterpiece is based on Michael Palma's acclaimed verse translation. Lavinia Greenlaw wrote in the "New Statesman" that Palma "rejects archaism and rhetorical extravagance, preferring accuracy and rhythmic regularity" and Guido Waldman in "The Spectator" said "this Norton edi[...]

Belonging in the company of the works of Homer and Virgil, "The Inferno" is a moving human drama, a journey through the torment of Hell, an expression of the Middle Ages, and a protest against the ways in which men have thwarted the divine plan.

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In "The Purgatorio," Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante's canticle crystallizes the great poet's immortal conception of the aspiring soul.
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One of the most frequently cited texts on the great Florentine poet's life and writings, this invaluable study is the work of an influential Dante scholar. Paget Toynbee's meticulous attention to detail and clear analysis offer a concise account of Dante's world, opening with historical background o[...]

This brilliant new verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum captures the consummate beauty of the third and last part of Dante's Divine Comedy. The Paradiso is a luminous poem of love and light, of optics, angelology, polemics, prayer, prophecy, and transcendent experience. As Dante ascends to the Cele[...]

The greatest poem of the Middle Ages, in the standard Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed translation, with full notes.[...]

The Divine Comedy marked nothing less than the arrival of vernacular Italian as a literary language--and Dante's book is still considered Italy's greatest literary achievement. Its highly idiomatic verse, however, has long bedeviled English-language translators. Burton Raffel, whose translation of D[...]

The Divine Comedy is the precursor of modern literature, and this translation--decades in the making--gives us the entire epic as a single, coherent and compulsively readable lyric poem. Written in the early fourteenth century and completed in 1321, the year of Dante's death, The Divine Comedy is pe[...]