The Divine Comedy: Paradiso Parts 1 & 2 (Text and Commentary Boxed Set)

Continuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Singleton's translation ofThe Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand theParadiso. This volume consists of the prose translation of Giorgio Petrocchi's Italian text (which faces the translation on each page); its companion volume of commentary is a masterpiece of erudition, offering a wide range of information on such subjects as Dante's vocabulary, his characters, and the historical sources of incidents in the poem. Professor Singleton provides a clear and profound analysis of the poem's basic allegory, and the illustrations, diagrams, and map clarify points that have previously confused readers ofThe Divine Comedy.Dante Alighieri is the author of 'The Divine Comedy: Paradiso Parts 1 & 2 (Text and Commentary Boxed Set)', published 1991 under ISBN 9780691019147 and ISBN 0691019142.