Dante's Purgatorio

marcus sanders sandow birk michael meister marcia tanner

Following the acclaim for their innovative edition of "Dante's Inferno," Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders guide us to the next level of the afterlife in "Dante's Purgatorio". The second book of Dante Alighieri's classic poem "The Divine Comedy," this version of "Purgatorio" couples a clever literary adaptation incorporating modern urban speech and contemporary references with powerful illustrations inspired by Gustave Dore's famous engravings. Whereas "Inferno" was primarily situated in a city that bears a curious resemblance to modern Los Angeles, "Purgatorio" is set in a surreal San Francisco Bay Area, an outlandish and hopeful milieu for those who have a chance to wash their sins away. Together, the sardonic yet playful combination of text and images comprise a vivid retelling of this masterpiece.

Genres classicspoetryfictionliteraturereligionitalian literaturefantasyphilosophymedievalitaly

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1321

Series

La Divina Commedia

Places

purgatory,

This edition

Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Published: May 5, 2005 by Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811847193
ASIN: 0811847195
Language: English

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Virgilio (publius Vergilius Maro)

an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period...
Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c.1265 - 1321), commonly known as Dante, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. He was born in Florence; he died and is buried in Ravenna. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contem...