The famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri's two masterworks-The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova-in one volume
A Penguin Classic
As 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 verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur.
The Portable Dantecaptures the scope and fire of Dante's genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. It contains complete verse translations ofThe Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by the eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.
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Dante Alighieri Notes by:
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Mark Musa Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 127mm,
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 465g ISBN:9780142437544 ISBN 10: 0142437549 Pages: 704 Publication Date:31 August 2003 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
The Portable DanteEditor's Introduction Translator's Note The Divine Comedy Inferno Purgatory Paradise Vita Nuova Selected Bibliography
