PurgatorioOxford University Press, 1996 - 704 pages Vol 3: Paradiso completes Durling's masterful rendering of the Divine Comedy. Durling's earlier translations of the Inferno and the Purgatorio garnered high praise, and with this superb version of the Paradiso readers can now traverse the entirety of Dante's epic poem of spiritual ascent with the guidance of one of the greatest living Italian-to-English translators. Reunited with his beloved Beatrice in the Purgatorio, in the Paradiso the poet-narrator journeys with her through the heavenly spheres and comes to know "the state of blessed souls after death." As with the previous volumes, the original Italian and its English translation appear on facing pages. Readers will be drawn to Durling's precise and vivid prose, which captures Dante's extraordinary range of expression--from the high style of divine revelation to colloquial speech, lyrical interludes, and scornful diatribes against corrupt clergy. This edition boasts several unique features. Durling's introduction explores the chief interpretive issues surrounding the Paradiso, including the nature of its allegories, the status in the poem of Dante's human body, and his relation to the mystical tradition. The notes at the end of each canto provide detailed commentary on historical, theological, and literary allusions, and unravel the obscurity and difficulties of Dante's ambitious style . An unusual feature is the inclusion of the text, translation, and commentary on one of Dante's chief models, the famous cosmological poem by Boethius that ends the third book of his Consolation of Philosophy. A substantial section of Additional Notes discusses myths, symbols, and themes that figure in all three cantiche of Dante's masterpiece. Finally, the volume includes a set of indexes that is unique in American editions, including Proper Names Discussed in the Notes (with thorough subheadings concerning related themes), Passages Cited in the Notes, and Words Discussed in the Notes, as well as an Index of Proper Names in the text and translation. Like the previous volumes, this final volume includes a rich series of illustrations by Robert Turner. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
PURGATORIO | 17 |
CANTO 1 | 18 |
CANTO 2 | 34 |
CANTO 3 | 48 |
CANTO 4 | 64 |
CANTO 5 | 78 |
CANTO 6 | 92 |
CANTO 22 | 362 |
CANTO 23 | 382 |
CANTO 24 | 400 |
CANTO 25 | 420 |
CANTO 26 | 438 |
CANTO 27 | 456 |
CANTO 28 | 474 |
CANTO 29 | 492 |
CANTO 7 | 110 |
CANTO 8 | 126 |
CANTO 9 | 142 |
CANTO 10 | 158 |
CANTO 11 | 172 |
CANTO 12 | 188 |
CANTO 13 | 204 |
CANTO 14 | 222 |
CANTO 15 | 242 |
CANTO 16 | 258 |
CANTO 17 | 276 |
CANTO 18 | 292 |
CANTO 19 | 308 |
CANTO 20 | 326 |
CANTO 21 | 346 |
CANTO 30 | 510 |
CANTO 31 | 530 |
CANTO 32 | 548 |
CANTO 33 | 566 |
VERGIL ECLOGUE IV | 584 |
GUIDO CAVALCANTIS PASTORELLA | 588 |
ADDITIONAL NOTES | 591 |
Textual Variants | 627 |
631 | |
Index of Italian Latin and Other Foreign Words Discussed in the Notes | 657 |
Index of Passages Cited in the Notes | 661 |
Index of Proper Names in the Notes | 676 |
699 | |
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