Poet, essayist and performer Eileen Myles' chronicle transmits an energy and vividness that will not soon leave its readers. Her story of a young female writer, discovering both her sexuality and her own creative drive in the meditative and raucous environment that was New York City in its punk and indie heyday, is engrossing, poignant, and funny.
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces--Dante's "Inferno"--as he battles a chilling adversary and ...
Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of ...
In the Inferno, Dante not only judges sin but strives to understand it so that the reader can as well.
This definitive edition of Dante's masterpiece — translated by the great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — features stunning engravings by Gustave Doré, an eminent 19th-century illustrator of classics.
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He describes the encounter with his contemporary Venedico Caccianemico before turning his attention to Jason, the fabled adventurer. Despite Jason's long list of exploits, Dante devotes more lines to the meeting ...
Along the way, he meets a number of interesting figures. This edition uses the classic translation by the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882).
This book is the best visual companion and reference to any Inferno book every written. The canvases versions of the art published in this book sell between$5,000 and $30,000, so this book is a bargain no matter how you look atit.
With only a few lines from Dante’s The Inferno to guide them, they must decipher a sequence of codes buried deep within some of the Renaissance’s most celebrated artworks to find the answers to a puzzle which may, or may not, help them ...
This is a truly original retelling of Dante's epic journey that will surprise and renew the 21st-century reader's faith in the art of translation.