{"product_id":"9780142437544","title":"The Portable Dante","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe famed Italian poet Dante Alighieri’s two masterworks—\u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e—in one volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a philosopher, he wedded classical methods of inquiry to a Christian faith. As an autobiographer, he looked unsparingly at his own failures to depict universal struggles. As a visionary, he dared draw maps of Hell, with Purgatory and Paradise, and populate all three realms with recognizable human beings. As a passionate lover, he became a poet of bereavement and renunication. As all of these, Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Portable Dante\u003c\/i\u003e captures the scope and fire of Dante’s genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. It contains complete verse translations of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by the eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Dante Alighieri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46906237681852,"sku":"9780142437544","price":32.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c51d0aa5-efc2-45aa-b492-9fad9a8377d4.jpg?v=1780771132","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780142437544","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}