Paradiso / Dante Alighieri ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Mary Jo Bang.

Paradiso / Dante Alighieri ; translated, with an introduction and notes, by Mary Jo Bang.

Paradiso. English

9781644453452 paperback
1644453452 paperback

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2025.

English, translated from the Italian.

English
Italian

xxvii, 437 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

2024-2025 Poets House Showcase.

(OCoLC)1452441906

"Mary Jo Bang's translation of Paradiso completes her groundbreaking new version of Dante's masterpiece, begun with Inferno and continued with Purgatorio. In Paradiso, Dante has been purified by his climb up the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory, and now, led by the luminous Beatrice, he begins his ascent through the nine celestial spheres of heaven toward the Empyrean, the mind of God. Along the way, we meet the souls of the blessed-those at various proximities to God, but all existing within the bliss of heaven's perfect order. Philosophically rich, spiritually resonant, Paradiso is a reckoning with justice and morality from a time of ethical questioning and political division much like our own. Bang's translation is a revelation in its artistry, readability, and faithfulness to Dante's ambition for an epic poem that dares to employ language and references recognizable to its readers. In her lyric style and her illuminating and generous notes, Bang has made The Divine Comedy for the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

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