{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-isbn-9780140448962","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe second volume of Dante's epic, printed with the original Italian and Robin Kirkpatrick's sublime translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Climbing out of Hell, Dante in the \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e reaches an island set in the southern ocean. This is Mount Purgatory, where he encounters the penitents who heroically endure their sufferings and speak of their time on Earth. Strange and fresh at every turn, Dante's narrative evokes the mountain landscape in terms of intense physical sensation, right up to the summit. There, before rising to heaven, he enters the Earthly Paradise, where he is movingly reunited with his lost love, Beatrice. This gloriously vivid portrayal of the search for redemption transformed the traditional conception of Purgatory and affirmed the dignity of human will and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.“A masterly translation.” ―\u003cb\u003eJudith Thurman, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We gain much from Kirkpatrick’s fidelity to syntax and nuance. . . . His introduction . . . tells you, very readable indeed, pretty much all you need for a heightened appreciation of the work.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Likely to be the best modern version of Dante . . . The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism.” —\u003cb\u003eBernard O’Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translation—a deeply informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read.” —\u003cb\u003eDavid Wallace, University of Pennsylvania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e (1292) which is a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Married to Gemma Donatic, Dante's political activism resulted in his being exiled from Florence to eventually settle in Ravenna. It is believed that\u003ci\u003e The Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e—comprised of three canticles, \u003ci\u003eThe Inferno, The Purgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Paradiso\u003c\/i\u003e—was written between 1308 and 1320. Dante Alighieri died in 1321.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Kirkpatrick\u003c\/b\u003e is a widely published Dante scholar. He is fellow of Robinson College and professor of Italian and English literature at Cambridge University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300638642405,"sku":"NP9780140448962","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140448962.jpg?v=1767739042","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-divine-comedy-isbn-9780140448962","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}