Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
This epic narrative poem is Dante's account of his fictional journey through hell, purgatory, and heaven with his guide, the ancient Roman poet Virgil. It consists of a trio of canticas-Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso-which represent each stage of his journey as well as the importance of the number three throughout the work. Each cantica, or book, consists of thirty-three cantos, which added to an introductory canto, results in a total of one-hundred cantos. Each cantica follows a pattern of nine phases, plus one for a total of ten: nine circles of hell followed by Lucifer; nine rings of Mount Purgatory followed by the Garden of Eden; and, nine celestial bodies of Paradise followed by the Empyrean essence of God. Widely considered to be the preeminent work in Italian literature, this masterpiece helped establish the Tuscan dialect as standard Italian.
'Dante's is a visual imaginationIt is a visual imagination in a different sense from that of a modern painter of still life: it is visual in the sense that he lived in an age in which men still saw visions' - TS Eliot, 1929
Peter Dale was educated at Strode's School, Egham, Surrey and St Peter's College, Oxford. He was head of English at Hinchley Wood Comprehensive School for 21 years, and is now a full-time poet,editor and translator. He was co-editor of the poetry journal 'Agenda' for many years. His New and Selected Poems, 'Edge to Edge', is also published by Anvil, as are his collection 'Under the Breath' and his facing-text verse translations, 'Poems of Jules Laforgue' and 'Poems of Francois Villon'.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780856462801 |
| ISBN 10 | 0856462802 |
| Title | Divine Comedy |
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1996-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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