The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 2: PurgatorioIn the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri set out to write the three volumes which make the up The Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the second volume in this set and opens with Dante the poet picturing Dante the pilgrim coming out of the pit of hell. Similar to the Inferno (34 cantos), this volume is divided into 33 cantos, written in tercets (groups of 3 lines). The English prose is arranged in tercets to facilitate easy correspondence to the verse form of the Italian on the facing page, enabling the reader to follow both languages line by line. In an effort to capture the peculiarities of Dante's original language, this translation strives toward the literal and sheds new light on the shape of the poem. Again the text of Purgatorio follows Petrocchi's La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata, but the editor has departed from Petrocchi's readings in a number of cases, somewhat larger than in the previous Inferno, not without consideration of recent critical readings of the Comedy by scholars such as Lanza (1995, 1997) and Sanguineti (2001). As before, Petrocchi's punctuation has been lightened and American norms have been followed. However, without any pretensions to being "critical", the text presented here is electic and being not persuaded of the exclusive authority of any manuscript, the editor has felt free to adopt readings from various branches of the stemma. One major addition to this second volume is in the notes, where is found the Intercantica - a section for each canto that discusses its relation to the Inferno and which will make it easier for the reader to relate the different parts of the Comedy as a whole. |
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Page 28
... appears without warning ( cf. the note to line 109 ) ; once satisfied that the pair's presence is authorized , he instructs them how to proceed . Not identified until line 84 , this is Marcus Porcius Cato ( grandson of Cato the Censor ) ...
... appears without warning ( cf. the note to line 109 ) ; once satisfied that the pair's presence is authorized , he instructs them how to proceed . Not identified until line 84 , this is Marcus Porcius Cato ( grandson of Cato the Censor ) ...
Page 33
... appears , golden , and its stem bears leaves of the same metal ] . Carroll notes that Aeneas reaches up , Virgil , here , down . According to the Golden Legend the sea- rush furnished Christ's crown of thorns . Inter cantica . One of ...
... appears , golden , and its stem bears leaves of the same metal ] . Carroll notes that Aeneas reaches up , Virgil , here , down . According to the Golden Legend the sea- rush furnished Christ's crown of thorns . Inter cantica . One of ...
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... appears that they fear , they suddenly abandon the food , because assailed by a greater care : so I saw that fresh band leave the singing and flee toward the cliffs , as one does who goes without knowing where he will arrive ; nor was ...
... appears that they fear , they suddenly abandon the food , because assailed by a greater care : so I saw that fresh band leave the singing and flee toward the cliffs , as one does who goes without knowing where he will arrive ; nor was ...
Page 42
... appears in the night sky . Jerusalem and Purgatory , being antipodal , share the same horizon : from Purgatory , the Ganges is 90 ° to the west , Gibraltar 90 ° to the east . Seen from E [ 2 ] ↑ Aries Taurus n Leo I Gemini M Virgo ...
... appears in the night sky . Jerusalem and Purgatory , being antipodal , share the same horizon : from Purgatory , the Ganges is 90 ° to the west , Gibraltar 90 ° to the east . Seen from E [ 2 ] ↑ Aries Taurus n Leo I Gemini M Virgo ...
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... appears redder when seen through thick vapors . 19-26 . After I had ... to be wings : Dante realistically both notes the increase in size of the approaching vessel and draws on the fact that when a ship is first seen only its sails are ...
... appears redder when seen through thick vapors . 19-26 . After I had ... to be wings : Dante realistically both notes the increase in size of the approaching vessel and draws on the fact that when a ship is first seen only its sails are ...
Contents
3 | |
17 | |
18 | |
34 | |
48 | |
CANTO 4 | 64 |
CANTO 5 | 78 |
CANTO 6 | 92 |
CANTO 22 | 362 |
CANTO 23 | 382 |
CANTO 24 | 400 |
CANTO 25 | 420 |
CANTO 26 | 438 |
CANTO 27 | 456 |
CANTO 28 | 474 |
CANTO 29 | 492 |
CANTO 7 | 110 |
CANTO 8 | 126 |
CANTO 9 | 142 |
CANTO 10 | 158 |
CANTO 11 | 172 |
CANTO 12 | 188 |
CANTO 13 | 204 |
CANTO 14 | 222 |
CANTO 15 | 242 |
CANTO 16 | 258 |
CANTO 17 | 276 |
CANTO 18 | 292 |
CANTO 19 | 308 |
CANTO 20 | 326 |
CANTO 21 | 346 |
CANTO 30 | 510 |
CANTO 31 | 530 |
CANTO 32 | 548 |
CANTO 33 | 566 |
VERGIL ECLOGUE IV | 584 |
GUIDO CAVALCANTIS PASTORELLA | 588 |
ADDITIONAL NOTES | 591 |
Textual Variants | 627 |
Bibliography | 631 |
Index of Italian Latin and Other Foreign Words Discussed in the Notes | 657 |
Index of Passages Cited in the Notes | 661 |
Index of Proper Names in the Notes | 676 |
Index of Proper Names in the Text and Translation | 699 |
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Aeneid Amor ancor angel avarice Beatrice Beatrice's body Brunetto Latini Canto Casentino Cato Cato's ch'a ch'io chapter chariot ché Christ Christian Church ciel ciò circle climb color Comedy Compline Conv Dante Dante's death desire dietro dolce dream earth echoes Eclogue emperor esser eternal eyes fire Florence Forese gaze gente Ghibelline God's gryphon Guido Guido Guinizelli Guinizelli Heaven Hell holy human Inferno Inferno Additional Note Inter cantica Italian l'altro light line(s Luke Manfred Matelda Matt medieval metaphor mountain nature Neoplatonic note to lines occhi Ovid Palinurus Paradise parallel passage passim pilgrim poco poem poet poetry prayer pride Psalm Purg purgation Purgatory recalls reference river Roman Saint sanza seems shades singing Sordello soul speak speech stars Statius Statius's sweet terrace Thebaid things tion traditional tree turned tutto veder verse(s vidi Virgil virtue vita walking weeping words
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