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Dante's Divine Trilogy Part One. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Continental European, Fiction & Literature, Poetry, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Dante Alighieri, Alasdair Gray | ISBN: | 9781786892881 |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books | Publication: | October 4, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dante Alighieri, Alasdair Gray |
| ISBN: | 9781786892881 |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Publication: | October 4, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Language: | English |
One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante’s La Divina Commedia describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible, modern and sublimely decorated, this remarkable edition told in three parts yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century.
One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante’s La Divina Commedia describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible, modern and sublimely decorated, this remarkable edition told in three parts yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century.
