italian poetry

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italian poetry

The inferno

A verse translation of the thirteenth-century poem about a man who is taken on a tour of Hell, presented in side-by-side Italian and English; also includes Dante's most significant text sources, including works by Virgil and Saint Thomas Aquinas.
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Italian poets

2012
Profiles nineteen Italian poets, including Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante, Cesare Pavese, Petrarch, and Giuseppe Ungaretti, and provides a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements.

The inferno

2009
A verse translation of Renaissance poet Dante Alighieri's story of a man making his way through the torment of Hell in search of Paradise.

The divine comedy

2013
An English translation of Dante's epic poem, which describes his spiritual journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided first by the poet Virgil and then by his beloved Beatrice.

The complete poems of Michelangelo

1998
Contains English translations of the complete poems of fifteenth-century Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, better known for his accomplishments in sculpture, painting, and architecture.

Introduction to Italian poetry

1991
Provides the English translations of thirty-four Italian poems and includes biographical information on the poets and critical commentary on their work.

Dante's Inferno

translations by twenty contemporary poets
1993
Twenty contemporary poets provide translations of Dante's Inferno. Provides a canto by canto description of Dante's travels in the netherworld.

Purgatory

1985
Presents the second volume of The Divine Comedy, where the hero travels to purgatory, and the sinful expiate their crimes.

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