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This edition prints all three parts of Dante's great poem about the journey of the soul - INFERNO, PURGATORIO and PARADISO - in the recent English translation by Allen Mandelbaum, with an introduction and explanatory notes on each canto by the noted Dante scholar, Peter Armour. This is the only reasonably priced hardback edition of one of the world's greatest masterworks and should prove to be the most accessible for students and general readers alike. It includes Botticelli's glorious and relatively unknown illustrations of THE DIVINE COMEDY, drawn in the 1480s.
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75 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Dante is a must. The Divine Comedy is fascinating, incisive and reads like a real adventure.
About this edition:
* Allen Mandelbaum's translation is simply wonderful.
* Top marks for accessibility: The book reads very easily and is very well annotated (some 250 pages of notes)
* This edition is highly practical (it contains all three parts), durable and aesthetically pleasing.
* Contains 42 of Boticelli's 15th century illustrations
Simply great value for money
If you want to get acquainted with this masterpiece then this is the edition to go for!
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Dante was an exile in his own time. In his great work, he descends to the underworld where he encounters his poetic hero Virgil who guides him through the circles of Hell, up Mount Purgatory, and to the gates of Paradise, where his role is taken by Dante's vision of the Ideal, Beatrice. In Paradise Dante meets the spirits of the blessed.
This is a magnificent work, considered by some the joint centre of the Western Canon along with Shakespeare. It is peerless among works of literature, offering a lifetime of deep reading. Mandelbaum is to be congratulated on producing a direct, lively, musical translation which leads the eye and the mind ever onward. The presentation is first-rate, pleasing to the eye and hard-wearing, and comes with many of Boticelli's illustrations. I have tried and failed with other translations, but Mandelbaum's is eminently readable.
This is a magnificent work, considered by some the joint centre of the Western Canon along with Shakespeare. It is peerless among works of literature, offering a lifetime of deep reading. Mandelbaum is to be congratulated on producing a direct, lively, musical translation which leads the eye and the mind ever onward. The presentation is first-rate, pleasing to the eye and hard-wearing, and comes with many of Boticelli's illustrations. I have tried and failed with other translations, but Mandelbaum's is eminently readable.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Reading Dante is never going to be easy. The book is 500 years old, written in a world very different from ours and for a very specific purpose and audience. Considered by many scholars to be the most brilliant book ever, bar none, it has a lot to live up to. And Dante delivers. His incredible knowledge of the classics and contemporary Florence mean you will have to look up many names and references in the notes at the back, and elsewhere -thank the lord for Wikipedia with all its faults. His erudite style and profound subject matter force you to take it slow, and this translation which appears both scholarly and artistic to someone unfamiliar with Italian or Latin has all rthe hallmarks of an almost impossible job well done. So yes, if you want to know why this work is ranked up there with Da Vinci and Michelangelo: take the time to find out. You will not be disappointed as you improve your acquaintance with heaven, hell and purgatory. And this particular edition is well presented, nicely bound and very fairly priced.The Botticelli drawings that are also included deserve better paper but are a welcome extra. For anyone with more than a passing interest in the renaissance, Dante is a must-read, and this edition should provide hard-back enjoyment at a paperback price.
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Probably the only book of this length that is worth finishing.
Firstly -the physical book: It's hardback, with crisp, clean paper and a bookmark sewn into the spine. Good production. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Paul Tighe
A plea for Dante's version
Any English version that doesn't bother to print the parallel Italian text is to my mind a waste of time (and money). Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2007 by wolpen
Indispensable
Read it for its own merits - which are numerous.
But also read it to understand the myriad of references that you will have stumbled across uncomprehendingly in your reading... Read more
But also read it to understand the myriad of references that you will have stumbled across uncomprehendingly in your reading... Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2003 by Lovborg
This book rules
Basically,this book rules.I did it for an essay in English and I just got totally absorbed,I'm only 17 and haven't really read any other book like this 'cos I don't like them,but... Read more
Published on 24 April 2001
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