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Purgatorio

by David Macleod Black, Robert Pogue Harrison, Dante Alighieri
$18.90
Purgatorio
Purgatorio

Journey through redemption, epic poetic masterpiece.

If you've ever felt lost in life's journey and sought a story of hope and redemption, Dante's "Purgatorio" could offer profound resonance. This new translation by D. M. Black might be just the right blend of historical epic and contemporary accessibility. Plus, being a bilingual edition with insightful commentary, it's a treasure for both the poetic soul and the keen thinker.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Purgatorio

by David Macleod Black, Robert Pogue Harrison, Dante Alighieri
$18.90
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ISBN: 9781681376059
Authors: David Macleod Black, Robert Pogue Harrison, Dante Alighieri
Publisher: New York Review Books
Date of Publication: 2021-09-14
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Religious Fiction, Poetry, Fantasy
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.05
(rated by 29668 readers)

Description

Purgatorio, the middle section of Dante’s great poem about losing, and subsequently finding, one’s way in the middle of one’s life is, unsurprisingly, the beating heart of The Divine Comedy, as this powerful and lucid new translation by the poet D. M. Black makes wonderfully clear. After days spent plumbing the depths of hell, the pilgrim staggers back to the clear light of day in a state of shock, the sense of pervasive dread and deep bewilderment with which he began his pilgrimage as intensified as it is alleviated by his terminal vision of evil. The slow and initially arduous climb up the mount of Purgatory that ensues, guided as always by Virgil, his poetic model and mentor, is simultaneously a reckoning with human limits and a rediscovery of human potential in the light of divine promise. Dante’s Purgatorio, which has been an inspiration to poets as varied as Shelley and T. S. Eliot, is a book full of human stories and philosophical inquiry; it is also a tale of individual reintegration and healing. Black, a distinguished psychoanalyst as well as a poet, provides an introduction and commentary to this masterpiece by Dante from a contemporary point of view in this bilingual edition.
 

Journey through redemption, epic poetic masterpiece.

If you've ever felt lost in life's journey and sought a story of hope and redemption, Dante's "Purgatorio" could offer profound resonance. This new translation by D. M. Black might be just the right blend of historical epic and contemporary accessibility. Plus, being a bilingual edition with insightful commentary, it's a treasure for both the poetic soul and the keen thinker.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.