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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... tears ... ran down the cleft of the buttocks : Since the heads of these sinners are backwards on their necks , their tears would run down their backs , and this is the obvious track they must follow . But what a debasement of sorrow ...
... tears ... ran down the cleft of the buttocks : Since the heads of these sinners are backwards on their necks , their tears would run down their backs , and this is the obvious track they must follow . But what a debasement of sorrow ...
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... tears that flood forever from his eyes . grief When I had stared about me , I looked down and at my feet I saw two clamped together so tightly that the hair of their heads had grown together . " Who are you , " I said , " who lie so ...
... tears that flood forever from his eyes . grief When I had stared about me , I looked down and at my feet I saw two clamped together so tightly that the hair of their heads had grown together . " Who are you , " I said , " who lie so ...
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... tears freeze in their eye sockets , sealing them with little crystal visors . Thus even the com- fort of tears is denied them . Here Dante finds FRIAR ALBERIGO and BRANCA D'ORIA , and discovers the terrible power of Ptolomea : so great ...
... tears freeze in their eye sockets , sealing them with little crystal visors . Thus even the com- fort of tears is denied them . Here Dante finds FRIAR ALBERIGO and BRANCA D'ORIA , and discovers the terrible power of Ptolomea : so great ...
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TRANSLATORS NOTE ixxi | 9 |
CANTOS IXXXIV 27288 | 24 |
HELLFirst Seven Circles | 48 |
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