false 695001 0 0 15645 0812970063 9780812970067 353 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166676681m/15645.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15645.Inferno 3.92 6468 The Divine Comedy.

A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante’s masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante’s key sources and influences.

Translation by Anthony Esolen.]]> 11519 3.98 20058 1466 695001 3.92 6539 367 875623 0801863236 9780801863233 4 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179107266m/875623.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/875623.Jerusalem_Delivered 4.07 28
Gerusalemme liberata became one of the most widely read and cherished books of the Renaissance. First published in 1581, it was translated into English by Edward Fairfax in 1600. That translation has been the standard, even though Fairfax was only a good, not a great, poet. Fairfax tried to fit Tasso's verse into Spenserian stanzas, adding to and subtracting from the original and often changing Tasso's meaning.

Anthony Esolen's new translation captures the delight of Tasso's descriptions, the different voices of its cast of characters, the shadings between glory and tragedy -- and it does all this in an English as powerful and clear as Tasso's Italian. Tasso's masterpiece finally emerges as an English masterpiece.]]> 60907 3.93 41 7 695001 3.92 6539 367 2442595 1596980591 9781596980594 5 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2442595.The_Politically_Incorrect_Guide_to_Western_Civilization 3.36 14 The Politically Incorrect Guide(TM) to Western Civilization. This "P.I.G." will knock down the multi-culturalist propaganda and show how the West laid the cornerstones of all modern civilization, including historical, artistic, and intellectual achievements. This new installment in the bestselling P.I.G. series is not just a refreshing roadmap of Western civilization; it is a guide to "us": who we were, who we are, and where we are going. Using historical evidence and compelling arguments, Esolen proves why we not only owe it to history, but also to ourselves to set the record straight and respectfully acknowledge Western civilization's vital role in shaping our values and our world.]]> 695001 3.92 6539 367 1485385 1933859318 9781933859316 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184096968m/1485385.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1485385.Ironies_of_Faith_The_Laughter_at_the_Heart_of_Christian_Literature 4.00 6
Esolen’s finely wrought study draws from Augustine (Confessions), Dante (The Divine Comedy), Shakespeare (The Tempest), and Tolkien (“Leaf, By Niggle”); Francois Mauriac (A Kiss for the Leper), Milton (Paradise Lost), and Alessandro Manzoni (The Betrothed); the poems of George Herbert and Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Edmund Spenser (Amoretti); Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol), Dostoyevsky (The Brothers Karamazov), and the anonymous author of the medieval poem Pearl, among other works. Readers who treasure the Christian literary tradition should not miss this illuminating book. - Publisher's synopsis
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