The InfernoRutgers University Press, 1954 - 288 páginas In 1867, when Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published the first American edition of The Inferno, Dante was almost unknown in this country. The New England poet and educator, who taught Italian literature at Harvard, introduced Dante's literary genius to the New World with this vibrant blank verse translation of the first and most popular book of the three-part Divine Comedy. Expressed in haunting poetry of great emotional power, The Inferno chronicles Dante's passage through nine circles of the underworld and his encounters with tormented sinners. Combining Aristotelian philosophy, mythology, Roman Catholicism, and thirteenth-century Italian politics, this landmark of world literature forms a unique synthesis of the Christian, classical, and secular worlds. Dante's depictions of hell and its grotesque punishments found their ideal match in the hands of the eminent nineteenth-century illustrator Gustave Dore. Unable to find a sponsor, the artist published his stunning engravings for The Inferno at his own expense. An instant and enduring success, Dore's images made a lasting impression on the public imagination. This volume's enchanting translation and unforgettable illustrations offer readers a perfect blend of literary and artistic skill. |
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TRANSLATORS NOTE ixxi | 9 |
CANTOS IXXXIV 27288 | 24 |
HELLFirst Seven Circles 18 | 48 |
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Aeneas Aeneid allegorical already Antenora arms bank beast blood Bolgia Boniface Brunetto burning called Canto Capaneus Cavalcanti Charon Ciacco CIRCLE EIGHT cliff climb Cocytus cried damned Dante Dante's dark dead death demons descend Divine earth eternal Eurypylus evil eyes face Farinata father feet Fiends fire flame Florence Florentine forever Fraud Friar gate Geryon Ghibellines GRAFTERS Guelphs Guide Guido guilt head Heaven Holy Holy Saturday Human Reason Inferno Italian JUDECCA King ledge living look Lower Hell Malebolge Master Minos monster moved Nessus Notes once Ovid pain pass pause Phlegyas Pier delle Vigne Pistoia pity Plutus Poets Pope punished rage replied river round seemed shade side sight SIMONIACS sinners sins soul speak spirit stared stood Styx sweet symbolic tears tell thieves torment Tower turned Ugolino Violent Virgil walk words wraiths wrath wretch