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Purgatory: Dual Language and New Verse Translation

New Verse Translation presented in Dual-Text (Alma Classics Evergreens)
By Dante Alighieri
Series: Evergreens
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Purgatory traces Dante Alighieri's intense journey upward from Hell, through Mount Purgatory, moving closer to Paradise. This segment of the Divine Comedy explores themes of redemption, human frailty, and spiritual growth, enriched by vivid characters and profound poetic imagery. Dante faces personal trials and confronts the burden of mortality as he seeks purification and enlightenment.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This dual-language edition, featuring both original Italian text and a fresh verse translation, is ideal for students, scholars, poetry enthusiasts, and readers interested in classical literature and cultural heritage.

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Purgatory is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols. Also included are the original Italian text, extensive notes and a critical apparatus focusing on Dante’s life and works. Contains Illustrations by Gustave Doré

Purgatory is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols. Also included are the original Italian text, extensive notes and a critical apparatus focusing on Dante’s life and works. Contains Illustrations by Gustave Doré

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Unique edition in dual language

Describing Dante’s second stage in his arduous journey to redemption, Purgatory features a host of unforgettable scenes and characters, and arguably some of the best poetry to be found in the Divine Comedy. The gloom, torments, and evils of Hell have been left behind, but Dante’s ascent of Mount Purgatory towards Paradise remains fraught with obstacles, not least the burden of his own mortality and his human passions.

Purgatory is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols. Also included are the original Italian text, extensive notes, and a critical apparatus focusing on Dante’s life and works.

Series: Evergreens

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"Bravo for this new version of Dante... Bravo, Professor Nichols!" – The Church Times
"All life is written in Dante’s burning pages, and Nichols has done him proud." – Ian Thomson, The Observer

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847496119

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Alma Classics

Illustration: b/w

Contributors:

  • Translated by J.G. Nichols
  • Translated by J. G. Nichols

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 323g

Pages: 442

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Dante Alighieri Non-Fiction Poetry Series: Evergreens

About the Author

Born in Florence, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is considered to be the father of Italian poetry and one of the greatest influences in world literature. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the zenith of medieval knowledge and a paragon of poetic imagination. Its first part, the Inferno, remains one of the most popular books of all time.

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