The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, The Purgatorio, & The Paradiso
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002AC5HYU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 590 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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--The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature . It is usually held to be one of the world's greatest works of literature. Technically there are 33 cantos in each canticle and one additional canto, contained in the Inferno, that serves as an introduction to the entire poem. The poem's rhyme scheme is the terza rima (aba, bcb, cdc, etc.) Thus, the divine number three is present in every part of the work. The work is divided into three major sections--Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso--which trace the jo
C. E. Stevens said Forget Virgil or Beatrice I'll take Mark Musa!. Virgil and Beatrice are Dante's primary guides through the Divine Comedy, but I thank the heavens that I chose Mark Musa as my companion through this journey, as I could hope for no more faithful and illuminating guide through Dante's thought-provoking, fascinating, but often diffic. Wilbourg said THE BEST E-BOOK VERSION SO FAR OF A VENERABLE MONSTER (AND QUITE THE TIMELESS MASTERPIECE). The recent translations of this Western tower are sublime. Whether you're more inclined to enjoy the splendid Hollanders and their smooth renderings or the fabulous Durling translation with its more spiky word for word (as best as possible) attempt, or the justifiably popular Esolen. Robert Johnston said Great rendition for the detail curious reader. So we think we mostly know the story but rarely does one know the whole story without muscling your way through the read. This is dense, long term, situational reading. The whole story includes the ubiquitous `Inferno' plus the far less known `Pugatorio' and `Paradiso'. Ciardi's dee