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"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. . . . There is much to recommend here-certainly the intelligence, the energy, the linguistic range. . . . His introduction and canto-by-canto notes are remarkably level and lucid, as attentive to structure as to syntax, language and motif, and deftly cross-reference the whole poem. On their own, they would justify the price."
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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.
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canto19, line 56
current text in this book:tanto, che suo principio discerna
right version: tanto, che suo principio "non" discerna
current text in this book:tanto, che suo principio discerna
right version: tanto, che suo principio "non" discerna
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I enjoy good clasics, the trouble the human face, man and women all the life, and what we will deal for our sins, this help us to understand the good the bad of us.
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I'm going to be honest. The only value that this had to me was the price. The translation is one of the worst I have seen, and I would recommend the Robert Durling version over this one ANY DAY. It is a translation, but without any finesse. It basically translates the text word for word, and a lot of the meaning becomes completely lost to the reader. In attempting to follow the style, rather than the meaning and the style, the only value it had to me was that it sounded nice. Comprehension and understanding of this text were nominal in comparison to other translations. Translation is an art form which Kirkpatrick has not quite grasped yet. Furthermore, the commentaries and notes did not provide much clarity into this obviously complex text. A complete waste of money. Spend the extra bit and buy the Robert Durling edition.
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