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Purgatorio : A New Verse Translation by W. S. Merwin (2000, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100375409211

ISBN-139780375409219

eBay Product ID (ePID)1628412

Product Key Features

Original LanguageItalian

Book TitlePurgatorio : a New Verse Translation

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

TopicEuropean / General, General

GenrePoetry

AuthorW. S. Merwin

Book SeriesBorzoi Book Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight26.4 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN99-040708

Reviews"In the years of my reading Dante, after the first overwhelming, reverberating spell of theInferno, which I think never leaves one afterward, it was thePurgatoriothat I had found myself returning to with a different, deepening attachment, until I reached a point when it was never far from me . . . Of the three sections of [The Divine Comedy], only Purgatory happens on the earth, as our lives do, with our feet on the ground, crossing a beach, climbing a mountain. All three parts of the poem are images of our lives, but there is an intimacy peculiar to thePurgatorio. Here the times of day recur with all the sensations and associations that the hours bring with them, the hours of the world we are living in as we read the poem." --from the Foreword, "In the years of my reading Dante, after the first overwhelming, reverberating spell of the Inferno , which I think never leaves one afterward, it was the Purgatorio that I had found myself returning to with a different, deepening attachment, until I reached a point when it was never far from me . . . Of the three sections of [The Divine Comedy], only Purgatory happens on the earth, as our lives do, with our feet on the ground, crossing a beach, climbing a mountain. All three parts of the poem are images of our lives, but there is an intimacy peculiar to the Purgatorio . Here the times of day recur with all the sensations and associations that the hours bring with them, the hours of the world we are living in as we read the poem." --from the Foreword

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal851/.1

SynopsisAt the pinnacle of a grand and prolific career, W. S. Merwin has given us a shimmering new verse translation of the central section of Dante's Divine Comedy -- the Purgatorio. Led by Virgil, inspired by his love for Beatrice, Dante makes the arduous journey up the Mountain of Purgatory, where souls are cleansed to prepare them for the ultimate ascent to heaven. Presented with the original Italian text, and with Merwin's notes and commentary, this luminous new interpretation of Dante's great poem of sin, repentance, and salvation is a profoundly moving work of art and the definitive translation for our time.

LC Classification NumberPQ4315.3.M47 2000