Dante Alighieri is re-imagined as a holy warrior who has returned from the Crusades to find his beloved fiancee, Beatrice, murdered. When her soul is ensnared by Lucifer, only Dante has the strength and courage to break open the gates of Hell and save her."
Presents a verse translation of Dante's "Inferno" along with ten essays that analyze the different interpretations of the first canticle of the "Divine Comedy."
I was among the souls held in Purgatory, And a fair, saintly Lady called to me In such a wise way, I told herI was hers to command. Her eyes where shining brighter than the Star; And she began to say, gentle and low, ...
The Italian and English texts of each canto are preceded by notes on their historical, mythological, and ethical implications
A translation of the classic poem about man's spiritual journey
Inferno is the first part of Italian poet Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy. The allegory describes Dante's journey through the depths of Hell.
In his introduction, the translator says: "I suppose that a very great majority of English-speaking people, if they were asked to name the greatest epic poet of the Christian era in Western Europe, would answer Dante.
Their challenge is even more ominous because they invoke fears that Dante himself had harbored, fears that his journey was a foolhardy one, a mad act of overreaching hubris. They further challenge Dante to complete if he can, alone, ...
Purgatorio
Gary Reed. NOTES ON S|N| ETERNAL Sin Eternal is a collection of the five issues miniseries that came Out from Caliber Comics. It is more than jut a retooling of the epic of Dante's Inerno. The original classic was very much a product of ...
In the work's three parts (Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise), Dante chronicles his travels throughthe afterlife, cataloging a multitude of sinners and saints-many of them real people to whom Dante tellingly assigned either horrible ...