The Divine Comedy Trilogy: The Inferno/Purgatory/Paradise
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9626342242 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 299 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dante's The Divine Comedy is one of the most influential works of Western literature. Published shortly after Dante's death in 1321, it is a remarkable vision of a man's journey down into Inferno, then to the limbo of Purgatory where Man pays penance while awaiting redemption, and finally to the bliss of Paradise. It has retained its power and its poetic impulse over seven centuries.
From AudioFile Dante wanted everyone to read his great work and share his vision, not just the clergy; so he wrote it, not in Latin, but in the Italian of his Florentine home. As a result, it became the defining work for the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. They have taken an impressive new translation by Benedict Flynn; enlisted a skilled actor--Heathcote Williams--to narrate; punctuated each canto with hauntingly beautiful medieval chants; added a short but vital biography of Dante, narrated by John Shrapnel; and, finally, provided written notes that are crucial to any intelligent understanding of the text. P.E.F. Dante would be pleased, then, with Naxos's production of his epic masterpiece. Both readers are accomplished actors and acutely sensitive to the power of their text: For Shrapnel it is the touching pathos of Dante, exiled from his home in Florence; for Williams it is the magnificent imagery tha
I am so glad that I bought this CD App Lover I am so glad that I bought this CD. I have become enchanted by The Divine Comedy which I discovered recently, around a month ago. Download the poem but it was too difficult for me to understand it. Then watched some youtube video which cover canto by canto in italian and show engl. Richard Scott said Bad recording of a Great Book. While the actor, Heathecote Williams, clearly can read, either he was a poor choice for this task, or the producers of this audio version had no experience with audio books. The production quality of this recording is terrible. I purchase a lot of audio books, but seldom have I ha. Les B. said DVD or Cassette?????. Good audio but I had to find a cassette player for this to work. Who would have thought people were still selling cassette's?? That's what I get for going low cost.No I wasn't real happy. Discription said audio book, maybe I should of asked some questions first.