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The Divine Comedy, II. Purgatorio. Part 1
Dante Alighieri
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Description for The Divine Comedy, II. Purgatorio. Part 1
Paperback. Provides the English-speaking reader with what he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page). Translator(s): Singleton, Charles S. Series: The Divine Comedy S. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
Continuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Singleton's translation of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page); its companion volume of commentary is a masterpiece of erudition, offering a wide range of information on such subjects as Dante's vocabulary, his characters, and the historical sources of incidents in the poem. Professor Singleton provides a clear and profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map ... Read more
Continuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Singleton's translation of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page); its companion volume of commentary is a masterpiece of erudition, offering a wide range of information on such subjects as Dante's vocabulary, his characters, and the historical sources of incidents in the poem. Professor Singleton provides a clear and profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
The Divine Comedy S.
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691019093
SKU
V9780691019093
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Reviews for The Divine Comedy, II. Purgatorio. Part 1
"With the publication of Singleton's edition of The Divine Comedy, we have in English ... A truly scholarly edition which can at last vie with ones in Italian and German... This monumental work will be indispensable for all lovers of this masterpiece who wish to root it in its linguistic, historical and social reality."
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