false <![CDATA[Purgatorio]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167201388m/19164.jpg 19164 78 The second part of [book: The Divine Comedy]. The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet Virgil, the Purgatorio culminates in the regaining of the Garden of Eden and the reunion there with the poet's long-lost love Beatrice. This new edition of the Italian text takes recent critical editions into account, and Durling's prose translation, like that of the Inferno, is unprecedented in its accuracy, eloquence, and closeness to Dante's syntax. Martinez' and Durling's notes are designed for the first-time reader of the poem but include a wealth of new material unavailable elsewhere. The extensive notes on each canto include innovative sections sketching the close relation to passages--often similarly numbered cantos--in the Inferno. Fifteen short essays explore special topics and controversial issues, including Dante's debts to Virgil and Ovid, his radical political views, his original conceptions of homosexuality, of moral growth, and of eschatology. As in the Inferno, there is an extensive bibliography and four useful indexes. Robert Turner's illustrations include maps, diagrams of Purgatory and the cosmos, and line drawings of objects and places mentioned in the poem. 2377265 1308 Purgatorio total:1321|5:445|4:415|3:365|2:83|1:13| 1321 5159 2050 98 4 1 false false Mon Mar 02 15:39:13 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:53:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:46:58 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 20:45:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue May 06 09:21:44 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 13:21:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 16:23:30 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 15:31:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jul 13 21:08:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 13 21:13:34 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:04:14 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:11:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 05 09:01:34 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 15:15:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jan 15 20:23:41 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 14:52:41 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 16 23:08:58 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 12 18:00:00 -0700 2008
A delicate air, that no inconstancies
Knows in its motion, on my forehead played,
With force no greater than a gentle breeze,

And quivering at its touch the branches swayed, ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 11 08:35:22 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 11 08:47:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 21 09:41:51 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 09:42:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Apr 11 00:00:28 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 00:10:33 -0700 2009 The fun thing about reading the Purgatorio is that you don't really know a lot about it. The Inferno is full of scenes that you've heard about, but not the Purgatorio, so it's kind of like reading something new.
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I like this canticle a lot less than I do Inferno. The higher Dante and Virgil climb, t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 08:03:20 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 08:46:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 18 10:37:11 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 12:27:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:34:16 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 10:30:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Tue Jun 23 06:55:52 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 06:58:35 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1970 Mon Sep 15 22:03:09 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 04 21:10:18 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=19164