{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-of-dante-alighieri-volume-2-purgatorio-hardcover","title":"The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 2: Purgatorio - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Durling\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Durling\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRobert M. Durling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up \u003cem\u003eThe Divine Comedy. Purgatorio\u003c\/em\u003e is the second volume in this set and opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante the pilgrim coming out of the pit of hell. Similar to the \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e (34 cantos), this volume is divided into 33 cantos, written in tercets (groups of 3 lines). The English prose is arranged in tercets to facilitate easy correspondence to the verse form of the Italian on the facing page, enabling the reader to follow both languages line by line. In an effort to capture the peculiarities of Dante's original language, this translation strives toward the literal and sheds new light on the shape of the poem. Again the text of \u003cem\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/em\u003e follows Petrocchi's \u003cem\u003eLa Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata\u003c\/em\u003e, but the editor has departed from Petrocchi's readings in a number of cases, somewhat larger than in the previous \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e, not without consideration of recent critical readings of the \u003cem\u003eComedy\u003c\/em\u003e by scholars such as Lanza (1995, 1997) and Sanguineti (2001). As before, Petrocchi's punctuation has been lightened and American norms have been followed. However, without any pretensions to being \"critical\", the text presented here is electic and being not persuaded of the exclusive authority of any manuscript, the editor has felt free to adopt readings from various branches of the stemma. One major addition to this second volume is in the notes, where is found the \u003cem\u003eIntercantica\u003c\/em\u003e - a section for each canto that discusses its relation to the \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e and which will make it easier for the reader to relate the different parts of the \u003cem\u003eComedy\u003c\/em\u003e as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert M. Durling\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of English and Italian Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz. \u003cstrong\u003eRonald L. Martinez\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Italian at Brown University. Their works together include Dante's \u003cem\u003eInferno\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTime and the Crystal: Studies in Dante's \"Rime petrose.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Turner\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a professional illustrator for thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 720\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.02 x 9.55 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47372664733874,"sku":"9780195087413","price":179.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/127f1d579495145a498b3ea694767335.webp?v=1777651020","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-divine-comedy-of-dante-alighieri-volume-2-purgatorio-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}