The Divine Comedy: Inferno (Hesperus Classics - Poetry) - Softcover

This is a new verse translation of the first canticle of Dante's moving human drama, a poetic masterpiece of penance and hope. Awakening in a dark wood, the poet Dante is forced to confront the ?darkness” of his own life, and so he embarks upon a three-day journey towards redemption. His first day is spent traveling through Hell?the Inferno?with the poet Virgil as his guide. As they traverse the nine circles of Hell, they meet a fiendish array of notorious characters, each suffering varying degrees of damnation for their earthly sins. Through this visionary spiritual journey, Dante comes to value the true nature of good and evil. Florentine poet Dante Alighieri is the author of The Divine Comedy, one of the greatest literary works of all time.

A new verse translation of the first part of Dante's poetic masterpiece by poet and John Florio Translation Prize winner, J. G. Nichols, this dual-language edition also features an Introduction by M. L. McLaughlin, Fiat-Serena Professor of Italian Studies and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. It contains introduction / summary to each canto, footnotes: textual notes on the Italian and notes on the translation, diagrams to understand Dante's topology and detailed index. Awaking in a dark wood, Dante is forced to confront the 'darkness' of his own life, and so embarks upon a three-day journey towards redemption. His first day is spent travelling through hell - the Inferno - with the poet Virgil as his guide. As they travel through the different circles of hell, and meet an array of fiendish characters, each one suffering varying degrees of suffering and damnation for the sins they committed on earth, Dante learns to value the true nature of good and evil. Freelance writer and journalist Ian Thomson, one of the last people to interview Primo Levi for a biography which won the W.H.Heinemann Award, has recently published 'Bonjour Blanc: A Journey Through Haiti'