Having plunged to the uttermost depths of Hell and climbed the Mount of Purgatory in parts one and two of the Divine Comedy, Dante ascends to Heaven in this third and final part, continuing his soul’s search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice. As he progresses through the spheres of Paradise he grows in understanding, until he finally experiences divine love in the radiant presence of the deity. Examining eternal questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, Dante exercised all his learning and wit, wrath and tenderness in his creation of one of the greatest of all Christian allegories.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140448979
Number of pages: 576
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 25 mm
Weight: 393 g
Language: English (Language of text), Italian (Original language of a translated text)
“A masterly translation.” ―Judith Thurman, The New Yorker“Kirkpatrick brings a more nuanced sense of the Italian and a more mediated appreciation of the poem's construction than nearly all of his competitors.” —The Times (London)“We gain much from Kirkpatrick’s fidelity to syntax and nuance. . . . His introduction . . . tells you, very readable indeed, pretty much all you need for a heightened appreciation of the work.”—The Guardian“Likely to be the best modern version of Dante . . . The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism.” —Bernard O’Donoghue“This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translation—a deeply informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read.” —David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments of Sappho
The Divine Comedy
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Odyssey
The Waste Land and Other Poems
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Metamorphoses
The Odyssey
The Canterbury Tales
The Prophet
Selected Poems
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