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In the third and final part of The Divine Comedy, Dante recounts his journey through heaven, after the travails and torments of Hell and the arduous ascent of Mount Purgatory, creating a cosmology of the highest realm of creation which is astonishing in its complexity. In Dante's imagining, Paradise is formed out of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, beginning with the Moon and ending with the Empyrean. Dante must traverse these ethereal regions guided by his beloved Beatrice, as a means of attaining wisdom, revelation and beatitude.
Containing some of Dante's finest poetry, Dante's Paradise is an enduring vision of grace and a powerful allegory for the struggle for redemption. This dual-text edition completes J.G. Nichols's masterful verse translation of The Divine Comedy.
About the author
Dante Alighieri, geb. 1265 in Florenz, gest. 1321 in Ravenna, sah mit neun Jahren erstmals Beatrice, die er später in seinem Werk verklärt. Sein Engagement im Kampf um die Unabhängigkeit von Florenz führte 1302 zu einem Gerichtsprozess und schließlich zu lebenslänglicher Verbannung. Dante, der seitdem als vogelfrei galt, hielt sich danach vor allem in Verona auf und reiste von dort aus in viele oberitalienische Städte und Landschaften. Ab etwa 1316 ließ Dante sich in Ravenna nieder, znächst am Hofe des Cangrande della Scala, später als fürstlicher Sekretär und Lehrer für Poetik und Rhetorik.
Summary
Verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text. Part of Alma Classics' collection of Dante's complete Italian works, this edition is fully annotated.
Foreword
Paradise 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 Doré
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For sheer liveliness, combined with accuracy and closeness to the text, it will be hard to rival.
Report
This new translation by J.G. Nichols, clearly grounded in a secure knowledge of and familiarity with Dante and in English verse which is rarely less than competently handled, is one that deserves to be taken seriously and will reward any reader who makes his first encounter with Dante through it. It is an intelligent and sophisticated piece of work. Acumen Literary Journal
