The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatory, and The Paradise) (Jefferson Publication) - Softcover

Alighieri, Dante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1511961651 ISBN 13: 9781511961653

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

The Divine Comedy (The Inferno, The Purgatory, and The Paradise) Dante Alighieri

About this title

About the Author:

Dante Alighieri (c.1265 1321) is the author of "The" "Divine Comedy", a masterpiece of world literature.

From AudioFile:

Heathcote Williams enters into this new translation of Dante's masterpiece with almost as much enthusiasm as did Dante himself. Whether the souls Dante meets in the Inferno are tortured by cold, fire, their own fingernails, or just longing, Williams manages to make their pain come to life. His reading is so dramatic and so individualized that it feels more like a full-cast production than a solo reading, especially with the accompanying music, which both sets the mood and provides transitions. Indeed, if there's a weakness to this performance, it's that Williams's voice ranges through such extremes of volume and projection that it's hard to know where to set one's volume controls. A one-disc biography of Dante read by John Shrapnel accompanies the production. Shrapnel's voice is full of sympathy over Dante's exile, but his primary quality as a reader is intense clarity; he handles complex political explanations smoothly and seems at ease with the Italian. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1511961651
• ISBN 13: 9781511961653
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362