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The Portable Dante (Penguin Classics)
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The Portable Dante (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2003

by Alighieri, Dante

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With complete verse translations of "The Divine Comedy" and "La Vita Nuova, " this collection realizes the scope and fire of Dante's genius in a single volume.

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  • Title The Portable Dante (Penguin Classics)
  • Author Alighieri, Dante
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 704
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Classics, U.S.A.
  • Date 7/29/2003 12:00:01 A
  • Features Bibliography, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000067431
  • ISBN 9780142437544 / 0142437549
  • Weight 1.07 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.08 x 1.33 in (19.61 x 12.90 x 3.38 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Theometrics: Academic
  • Library of Congress subjects Dante Alighieri
  • Dewey Decimal Code 851.1

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Summary

Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. The Portable Dante contains complete verse translations of Dante's two masterworks, The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.

From the publisher

Mark Musa is a professor at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. A former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, Musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Mark Musa is a professor at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. A former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, Musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Mark Musa is a professor at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. A former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, Musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.

First line

HALFWAY through his life, Dante the Pilgrim wakes to find himself lost in a dark wood.

About the author

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was born in Florence and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. His life was divided by political duties and poetry, the most of famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice, including La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy. He died in Ravenna.

Mark Musa (translator/introducer/notes) is a professor at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. A former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, Musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.