Purgatorio (Dante - Carlson translation)

Author: Dante Alighieri

Translator: Joe Carlson

ISBN: 9781944482718

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Middle Ages

In this new translation of the second canticle of Dante’s Divine Comedy, poet and author Joe Carlson continues to render the epic poem in a fresh blank verse, filled with the wonder and beauty of the original Italian, while maintaining a readability students and scholars alike will appreciate. Dante’s Purgatorio follows the pilgrim as he emerges from the grit and grime of Hell, and comes to the shores of sanctification, the mountain where souls are made holy and beautiful.