Purgatorio: 2 (La Divina Commedia) - Softcover

"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.

"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.

"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."--The Christian Science Monitor

"Lovers of the English language will be delighted by this eloquently accomplished enterprise."
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Presented with both Italian and English text, this verse translation of Dante's classic follows the journey of the poet and spiritual pilgrim through the Mount of Purgatory under the guidance of Virgil in search of Beatrice, in an edition that also features extensive notes, commentary, and an introduction. Reissue.