Purgatorio
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Black, D. M. 1941- translator.
Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
851.1 DANTE
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851.1 DANTE
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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2021].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
1 volume ; 21 cm.
Street Date
2109
Language
English
Notes
Description
"The Purgatorio, the middle section of Dante's great poem about losing, and subsequently finding, one's way in the middle of one's life is, unsurprisingly, the beating heart of the Divine Comedy, as this powerful and lucid new translation by the poet D. M. Black makes wonderfully clear. After days spent plumbing the depths of hell, the pilgrim staggers back to the clear light of day in a state of shock, the sense of pervasive dread and deep bewilderment with which he began his pilgrimage as intensified as alleviated by his terminal vision of evil. The slow and initially arduous climb up the mount of Purgatory that ensues, guided as always by Virgil, his poetic model and mentor, is simultaneously both a reckoning with human limits and a rediscovery of human potential in the light of divine promise. Dante's Purgatorio, which has been an inspiration to poets as different as Shelley and T. S. Eliot, is a book full of human stories, of philosophical inquiry, that is also a tale of individual reintegration and healing. Black, a distinguished psychoanalyst as well as a poet, provides notes to the poem and an introduction to this masterpiece by Dante from a contemporary point of view"--,Provided by publisher.
Language
Text in English, partially translated from the Italian.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dante Alighieri, 1., & Black, D. M. 1. (2021). Purgatorio . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 and D. M. 1941- Black. 2021. Purgatorio. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 and D. M. 1941- Black. Purgatorio New York Review Books, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321,, and D. M. 1941- Black. Purgatorio New York Review Books, 2021.
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