The Paradiso - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780451531414

About this item

by Dante Alighieri (Author), John Ciardi (Translator), John Freccero (Introduction by)

In The Paradiso, Dante explores the goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of truth is a work of mystical intensity? an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love.

Author Biography

John Ciardi was a distinguished poet and professor, having taught at Harvard and Rutgers universities, and a poetry editor of The Saturday Review. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1955 he won the Harriet Monroe Memorial Award, and in 1956, the Prix de Rome. He died in 1986.

Number of Pages: 400

Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.6 x 4.1 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: October 06, 2009

$15.58

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