Purgatory: Dual Language and New Verse Translation by Dante Alighieri (English)

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Purgatory is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols. Also included are the original Italian text, extensive notes and a critical apparatus focusing on Dante's life and works.

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Describing Dante's second stage in his arduous journey to redemption, Purgatory features a host of unforgettable scenes and characters, and arguably some of the best poetry to be found in the Divine Comedy. The gloom, torments and evils of Hell have been left behind, but Dante's ascent of Mount Purgatory towards Paradise remains fraught with obstacles, not least the burden of his own mortality and his human passions.Purgatory is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols. Also included are the original Italian text, extensive notes and a critical apparatus focusing on Dante's life and works.

Author Biography

Born in Florence, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is considered to be the father of Italian poetry and one of the greatest influences in world literature. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the zenith of medieval knowledge and a paragon of poetic imagination. Its first part, the Inferno, remains one of the most popular books of all time.

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Bravo for this new version of Dante... Bravo, Professor Nichols! * The Church Times *All life is written in Dante's burning pages, and Nichols has done him proud. * Ian Thomson, The Observer *

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Verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text

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"For sheer liveliness, combined with accuracy and closeness to the text, it will be hard to rival." - A.N. Wilson "Bravo for this new version of Dante . . . Bravo, Professor Nichols!" - The Church Times "All life is written in Dante's burning pages, and Nichols has done him proud." - Ian Thomson, The Observer

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Purgatory is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols. Also included are the original Italian text, extensive notes and a critical apparatus focusing on Dante's life and works. Contains Illustrations by Gustave Dor

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Verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text

Details ISBN1847496113 Author J.G. Nichols Pages 396 Publisher Alma Books Ltd Translator J.G. Nichols ISBN-10 1847496113 ISBN-13 9781847496119 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Alma Classics Place of Publication Richmond Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Italian DEWEY 851.1 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-10-20 Language English Series Evergreens UK Release Date 2016-10-20 Illustrations b/w NZ Release Date 2016-10-20 Illustrator Michele Giorgi Edited by Allen Packwood Birth 1971 Affiliation formerly Lecturer in Classics, University of Reading and University of Oxford Position Author Qualifications M.N., R.N., Aocn Audience General AU Release Date 2017-06-30 We've got this

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