Alighieri Dante: 308 books

Le troisième et dernier tome de l'épopée de Dante. Béatrice fait passer Dante au Paradis, qui est construit à l'inverse de l'Enfer (neuf cercles concentriques dirigés vers le haut). Ici on croise de nombreux saints. Chaque cercle correspond en fait à un ciel (ciel de la Lune, de Mercure, de...

This convenient single-volume edition contains all three parts of Dante's 14th century poem ― Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso ― in an acclaimed translation by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Combining classical and Christian history as well as medieval politics and religion, this trilogy...

“Het “Nieuwe Leven”, het “boekske” waarin de ongeveer zeven-en-twintig jarige Dante zijn jeugdliefde verhaalt, is een der wonderlijkste en tevens wonderbaarste scheppingen der dichtkunst. Wonderlijk is het om die zekere eigenaardigheden, waarvan enkele reeds Dante’s tijdgenooten hebben...

“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.”   In Inferno, the first of the three books in his Divine Comedy, the poet Dante, adrift spiritually and emotionally in life, journeys down to Hell. Accompanied by the poet...

"Here at last that much suffering reader will find Dante's greatness manifest, and not his greatness only, but his grace, his simplicity, and his affection."—William Dean Howells, The Nation"As a crown to his literary life, Longfellow combines his exquisite scholarship and his poetic skill and experience...

The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending....

The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending....

One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante’s La Divina Commedia describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible,...

The second book in the three-part Divine Comedy finds Dante and his guide, Virgil, halfway between Heaven and Hell. Having portrayed the tortures of the damned in Inferno, Dante resumes his allegory of the soul's journey to God with Purgatorio. A place of pain but also hope, Purgatory allows its suffering...

In part two of La Divina Commedia, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, must enter and traverse Purgatory and the seven deadly sins in their quest to reach Heaven. In this sublime version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation...

Parmi les très nombreuses traductions françaises de La Divine Comédie de Dante celle de Joachim-Joseph Berthier occupe incontestablement une place à part. En effet, ce dominicain, qui a été recteur de l'Université de Fribourg (Suisse), entend proposer une traduction littérale qui permet,...

Si può semplificare la trama dell'opera in tre momenti fondamentali della vita dell'autore: una prima fase in cui Beatrice gli concede il saluto, fonte di beatitudine e salvezza, una seconda in cui ciò non gli è più concesso, cosa che arreca in Dante una profonda sofferenza (dove Dante non vuole...

The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending....

Dantes ›Commedia‹ ist wie der Dom, der zu seiner Zeit in Florenz entstand.: Zahllose Ein- und Ausgänge führen unter eine große Kuppel, in der die Geschichten und Figuren, die Biographien und das Wissen ihrer Zeit unendlich nachhallen. Seine "Commedia" durchmisst den gesamten metaphysischen...