Considered one of the greatest medieval poems written in the common vernacular of the time, Dante's 'Inferno' begins on Good Friday in the year 1300. As he wanders through a dark forest, Dante loses his way and stumbles across the ghost of the poet Virgil.

Inferno (Collins Classics)

Literature & Fiction

DANTE, ALIGHIERI

History & Criticism

HarperCollins, UK

On World Government (De Monarchia)

On World Government (De Monarchia)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Macmillan Pub. Co.

The Divine Comedy

Holt; Rinehart; Winston

Inferno

Vintage

Alternate cover edition. "What is a poem worth? Not much in America. What is a life worth? Inferno isn't another 'life of the poet,' it's a fugue state where life and poem are one: shameful and glorious. People sometimes say, 'I came from nothing,' but that's not quite right. Myles shows us a 'place' a poet might come from, did come from--working class, Catholic, female, queer. This narrative journey somehow takes place in a moment, every moment, the impossible present moment of poetry." - Rae Armantrout "Zingingly funny and melancholy, Inferno follows a young girl from Boston in her descent into the maelstrom of New York Bohemia, circa 1968. Myles beautifully chronicles a lost Eden: 'The place I found was carved out from sadness and sex and to write a poem there you merely needed to gather.' " - John Ashbery "Eileen Myles debates her own self identity in a gruffly beautiful, sure voice of reason. Is she a 'hunk'? A 'dyke'? A 'female'? I'll tell you what she is--damn smart! Inferno burns with humor, lust and a healthy dose of neurotic happiness." - John Waters From its beginning-"My English professor's ass was so beautiful."-to its end-"You can actually learn to have grace. And that's heaven."-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. This is a voice from the underground that redefines the meaning of the word.

Vintage Books

The scope and fire of Dante's genius in a single volume

The Portable Dante (Viking Portable Library)

Literary

Penguin??Books

Includes "The Divine Comedy," "The New Life," and other selected poems, prose, and letters accompanied by biographical and introductory sections

The Portable Dante: Revised Edition (Viking Portable Library)

United States

The third volume of Dante's Divine Comedy To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his Comedy in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. Taking two threads of a story that everybody knew and loved – the story of a vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, and the story of the lover who has to brave the Underworld to find his lost lady – he combined them into a great allegory of the soul’s search for God. He made it swift, exciting and topical, lavishing upon it all his learning and wit, all his tenderness, humour and enthusiasm, and all his poetry. In Paradise, Dante journeys through the encircling spheres of heaven towards God. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Divine Comedy, Part 3: Paradise (Penguin Classics)

Penguin Classics

The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden. The second part of one of the greatest epic poems, Purgatory is an enthralling Christian allegory of sin, redemption and ultimate enlightenment. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Divine Comedy, Vol. II: Purgatory

Genre Fiction

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Divine Comedy (Wonders of the World) (Vol 1)

Poetry

Penguin Books, Ltd.

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Inferno (Collins Classics)

On World Government (De Monarchia)

The Divine Comedy

Inferno

Inferno

The Portable Dante (Viking Portable Library)

The Portable Dante: Revised Edition (Viking Portable Library)

The Divine Comedy, Part 3: Paradise (Penguin Classics)

The Divine Comedy, Vol. II: Purgatory

Divine Comedy (Wonders of the World) (Vol 1)