ARGONAUT BOOKS

'The Divine Comedy' describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Reviews The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism . . . Likely to be the best modern version of DanteBernard O'DonoghueKirkpatrick brings a more nuanced sense of the Italian and a more mediated appreciation of the poem's construction than nearly all of his competitorsThe TimesWe gain much from Kirkpatrick's fidelity to syntax and nuance... His introduction...tells you, v...Read More