Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Dante Alighieri; Dante, Alighieri; Higgins, David N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192835025 ISBN 13: 9780192835024

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and early fourteenth century, diagrams and notes providing the reader with invaluable guidance. Described as the "fifth gospel" because of its evangelical purpose, this spiritual autobiography creates a world in which reason and faith have transformed moral and social chaos into order. It is one of the most important works in the literature of Western Europe and is considered the greatest poem of the European Middle Ages.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles H. Sisson is a well-known poet and translator, and editor of Poetry Nation Review. David Higgins is Head of Italian Studies at the University of Bristol, and is the author of Dante and the Bible (1992).

Language Notes:

Text: English, Italian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192835025
• ISBN 13: 9780192835024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 752