dante alighieri la divina commedia purgatorio

His translation would help bring Dante back into literary circles aften he had fallen by the critical wayside in the aftermath of the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Borges claimed it was “the best book literature has achieved.”īoyd (1748/49 - 1832), a member of the Irish clergy, was responsible for the first English translation of the Inferno in 1785 as well as the complete work in this 1802 edition. The work's genius was quickly recognized - Boccaccio himself was so obsessed with it that he was responsible for adding the prefix “Divine.” Over the years, it has influenced countless writers, among them Ezra Pound, T. The Comedy took over a decade for Dante to write, he worked on it in exile, having been sent out of his native Florence in 1302, when his political faction fell out of favor. One of the world’s great masterpieces and a foundational text of Italian literature. With the bookplates of Thomas Philip, 2nd Earl de Grey, who was a successful politician, member of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. A few pages lightly foxed, but on the whole an excellent set. Three 8vo volumes (pages 215 x 133 mm), collating: vi,, 408, 56,, 57-62, 65-384 (complete), 420pp., engraved frontispiece portrait plate of Dante by Thomas Stothard in vol.1, half-titles in volumes 2 and 3, complete (despite the funny numbering sequence in volume 2). A lovely set of the first complete translation into English of Dante's 'Divine Comedy.' Full contemporary tree calf, spines expertly rebacked in the style of the original, deep red morocco spine lables, gilt borders and spine panels, marbled end papers. The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso.

Dante alighieri la divina commedia purgatorio