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Hardback. Zustand: Good. In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself again in a dark wood, where the right way was lost . So begins Frank Salvidio's compelling translation of the great journey of Western Christian Civilization-the pilgrimage of Dante Alighieri from the exile of sin to the Promised Land of salvation-a journey whose beginning in fire and ice has made the expression Dante's Inferno a commonplace in virtually every language of the modern world. As in his translation of the Vita Nuova, praised not only for its exceptional clarity and fidelity to the original, but also for its thoughtfully-woven representation of the graceful straightforwardness of the linguaggio dantesco, Salvidio has once again recreated Dante's intense and riveting voice in the unadorned simplicity of American English. Additionally, the facing notes-succinct and scholarly-make this translation ideal for students of the poem.…

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Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - They met when both were young and she already married, with waist-long, gold-red hair that called instantly to mind Sappho's 'girl with hair like a falling flame.' Now, nearly half a century later, award-winning poet Frank Salvidio has gathered together the sonnets addressed to her, some previously published in journals and anthologies, and fashioned them into a sonnet sequence which chronicles their enigmatic, mutual attraction, which dates from that first meeting. Whether it is, as she suggests, a love invented to provide a poet with a theme, or the fatal attraction which his poetry expresses, these sonnets trace its history from the point of view of someone who still does not know if it is real or illusory; and their arrangement recreates this quixotic relationship in all its ambiguity, from the closing couplet of the title sonnet, 'Yet if your hard analysis is true That fabled love sustains me, still it's you,' to the conclusion of the last, which defines it as '.a play within A play of ifs and buts, of would and should, A world not realized, not understood.'.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThey met when both were young and she already married, with waist-long, gold-red hair that called instantly to mind Sappho s girl with hair like a falling flame. nNow, nearly half a century later, award-winning poet Frank Salvid.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnIn the middle of the journey of our life,nI came to myself again in a darknwood, where the right way was lost .nnSo begins Frank Salvidio s compelling translation of the great journey of Western Christian Civilization-the pilgrima.