About this title: In the middle of the journey of our life where the straight road had been lost sight of. How hard it is to say what it was like in the thick of thickets, in a wood so dense and gnarled the very thought of it renews my panic. It is bitter almost as death itself is bitter. But to rehearse the good it also brought me How I got into it I ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013734ISBN:0880013737
Description: Acceptable. A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. read more
Description: Good. 0880013737 Standard used condition-Same quality you would find in your local bookstore. This is a new unread book that received the above wear during its handling. Has remainder mark. read more
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. Wear to the covers. Book falls from glued hinge at page 96. No missing pages. Clean text. Mark Musa, translator. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Csa Word
Date Published: 2009-11-01
ISBN-13:9781934997376ISBN:1934997374
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781934997376. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ecco Pr
Date Published: 1994-04-01
ISBN-13:9780880013734ISBN:0880013737
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780880013734. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780880013734ISBN:0880013737
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Binding: Limp leatherette
Publisher: Little Leather Library, New York
Description: Very Good- Brownish green pseudo leather, embossed. Published 1921 to 1924. 3"x4". V2 has a corner of the title page and 3 pages following turned leaving a crease line.; 48mo-3.5" to 4" read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Digireads. com
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9781420926385ISBN:1420926381
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Altemus Company
Date Published: 1880
Description: Good. No publication date. Cloth binding shows rubbing to spine ends. Small tear along edge of frontispiece. Pages' margins are agetoned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Handsome illustrations by Gustave Dore throughout. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thompson & Thomas, Chicago
Date Published: No date given
Description: Illustrated by Gustave Dore. Poor to fair with loose maroon cloth boards with a faded gilt end pictorial cover with edgewear and tears and general wear. Boards are loose from the text block, and the first three pages are detached, but the remainder is intact with the Dore engravings present. No previous owner's names are noted. Ships fast with delivery confirmation on all domestic orders. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cassell
Date Published: 1890
Description: Good. Larger hardcover, published by Cassell Publishing Co., probably in the late 1800s. States "New Edition" on title page. Good+. Brown covers with black and gold lettering. Book has a tight spine, moderate cover and edge wear, foxing inside the covers, and no markings. Full-page illustrations by Dore. Not ex-library. Poetry, Fiction (#LH912) read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Henry Altemus, Philadelphia
Description: Gustave Dore. Good/N/A. 9½ x 11½ Decorative green cloth covers have light soiling with fraying and rubbing. Gilted page edges. Some foxing on the first and last few pages, binding is split on the bottom of the ffep. Text and illustrations are all clear and the pages are all in very good condition. read more
"Dante's Inferno needs no introduction, but I'm going to give it one anyway.
Presenting:
Dante's INFERNO
The story of a man who looses all hope, decides to end it all, but is saved by divine intervention and then sent on a trek to the underworld with everyone's favorite Roman poet: Virgil!
Ok, I didn't finish it. Why? Snooze!
It's true; for a book about a man who journeys to the very center of hell and sees all kinds of horrors, nothing really happens. There is description in spades and side characters enduring their eternal torment by the millions, but Dante is only an observer and therefore a passive character.
There is a moment where some demons direct Virgil and Dante off the designated path of safety, but I had a feeling they'd find their way back.
Ok, the main reason that I picked up this copy of Dante was because it was translated by 20 well-respected modern poets including, but not limited to, Galway Kinnell, Jorie Graham and Mark Strand. I thought that it would be interesting to see how many different perspectives in language one could get from Dante. I was disappointed because not one poet made the language of Dante come to life for me.
I believe that in modern times, the English Inferno faces several challenges. 1) There will always be a devaluation of language in translation, 2) the poem is now a classic and as such, translators cannot be too creative with the work, 3) the poem was written for people who would know of the sinners punished in hell - modern audiences need to read with footnotes, which take away from hellish pleasures, and 4)modern sensibilities bring new religious sensibilites - modern readers can recognize the parable-like qualities of Dante's work, but the true horror of hell has lost significance. It's horrifying to think that punishments like those found in Dante can be imagined, but I doubt Dante's modern readers would consider his work as a warning as to what awaits them after death.
There were certain parts I enjoyed, but I found it was difficult to remember the narrative and layers of hell. Usually, I'd read the canto, then flip back to the footnotes, which were more interesting to me, to decipher what I'd read.
Dante's vision was great, but I think that if he had written it today, it would be on a blog for a few personal friends who would get all the references and personalities that Dante put in hell to torment. Mainly, it'd be a great inside joke, but I doubt it'd gain much viewership on YouTube."
"A journey into purgatory. Will leave you wondering weather varying levels of Hell and Heaven exist and do the things we do in this world dictate were we will end up."
"I'm not into these kinds of books- but I had to read it for class. It was a hard read and I definitely depended on spark notes for it. But I suppose it was good for my book history."
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