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Zusatztext ”The Hollanders have rendered both the supple lyricism and the rich imagery of the Purgatorio with an admirably informed expertise. . . . A model for all translators.” The Literary Review “The Hollanders’ translation . . . seems the most accessible and the closest to the Italian. . . . The provision of informative notes . . . is impeccable . . . with ample commentary easily and unobturisvely available at the end of each canto.” --Tim Parks! The New Yorker “The Hollanders’ translation is probably the most finely accomplished and may well prove the most enduring.” --R.W. B. Lewis! Los Angeles Times Informationen zum Autor Robert Hollander taught Dante’s Divine Comedy to Princeton students for forty-two years, and is the author of a dozen books and more than seventy articles on Dante, Boccaccio, and other Italian authors. He is Professor in European Literature Emeritus at Princeton and the founding director of both the Dartmouth Dante Project and the Princeton Dante Project. He has received many awards, including the gold medal of the city of Florence and the gold florin of the Dante Society of America, in recognition of his work on Dante. Jean Hollander has taught literature and writing at Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Princeton University, and the College of New Jersey, where she was director of the Writers’ Conference for twenty-three years. Klappentext Jean Hollander! an accomplished poet! and Robert Hollander! a renowned scholar and master teacher! whose joint translation of the Inferno was acclaimed as a new standard in English! bring their respective gifts to Purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse translation. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation! their edition offers an extensive and accessible introduction as well as generous historical and interpretive commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship and Robert Hollander's own decades of teaching and reasearch. In the second book of Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy! Dante has left hell and begins the ascent of the mount of purgatory. Just as hell had its circles! purgatory! situated at the threshold of heaven! has its terraces! each representing one of the seven mortal sins. With Virgil again as his guide! Dante climbs the mountain; the poet shows us! on its slopes! those whose lives were variously governed by pride! envy! wrath! sloth! avarice! gluttony! and lust. As he witnesses the penance required on each successive terrace! Dante often feels the smart of his own sins. His reward will be a walk through the garden of Eden! perhaps the most remarkable invention in the history of literature. PURGATORIO I OUTLINE Introduction 1-6exordium: metaphor of little ship 7-12invocation: holy Muses, especially Calliope I. The setting at the shore 13-18the restored delight caused by the sky before sunrise 19-21to the east: Venus in Pisces 22-27to the south: the four stars (apostrophe: "widowed hemisphere") 28-30to the north (direction of Ursa Major) II. Cato the Younger 31-39a fatherly figure to be revered, bearded, his face aglow 40-48the challenge of this old man (Cato) to their presence 49-51Virgil: Dante must kneel and bow his head 52-84Virgil's responses to Cato: 52-57I come, guiding this man, by agency of a lady 58-66he is still alive, but was almost dead when I was sent to bring him through hell to here 67-69my guidance is in turn guided from above 70-75he seeks liberty, as you once did, dying for it in Utica on your way to heaven 76-80we break no law, since he is still alive and I am not in hell proper but share your wife's abode 81-84for love of Marcia let us proceed; then I will report to her your kindness...
