{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-inferno-purgatorio-paradiso-1","title":"The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Kirkpatrick's masterful verse translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, published in a single volume, is the ideal edition for students as well as the general reader coming to this great masterpiece of Italian literature for the first time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy \u003c\/i\u003edescribes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume includes a new introduction, notes, maps and diagrams   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism... likely to be the best modern version of Dante' - Bernard O'Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most moving lines literature has achieved' - Jorge Luis Borges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translation - a deeply-informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read' - Professor David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndividual editions of Robin Kirkpatrick's translation - \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e - are also available in Penguin Classics, and include Dante's Italian printed alongside the English text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 752 pages | Published November 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63977826582877,"sku":"9780141197494","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780141197494.jpg?v=1774446553","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-divine-comedy-inferno-purgatorio-paradiso-1","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}