Download Free A Latin Translation Of The Divina Commedia Book in PDF and EPUB Free Download. You can read online A Latin Translation Of The Divina Commedia and write the review.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Excerpt from Translation of the Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri Examination, it was received in lapse of time with universal applause and general enthusiasm, as being the foundation and ornament of the Italian language, and the admiration of all enlightened nations. Some of the most illustrious prelates of the Church, and cardinals too, translated the poem in Latin, and extolled its merit and glory in raptures of joy and praise; and even many passages thereof have been Often cited in the pulpit by several of the most pious and eloquent preachers of Italy. The entire work is teeming with vehement censure, philosophic acrimony, and poignant satire against impiety, injus tice, and tyranny, or any oppression, or encroachment against the natural and rational rights and liberties of man. He severely attacked and exposed some abuses, that became too prevalent in monastic institutions, contrary to their original foundation and the true spirit Of the Church. He was also Of Opinion, and expresses it in all his works, that poverty and humility would much more redound to the glory and prosperity of the Catholic Church, than too much temporal power and worldly grandeur. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
[The essays] are arranged to follow the order of the "Comedy," and they form the perfect companion for a reader of the poem. Throughout Freccero operates on the fundamental premise that there is always an intricate and crucial dialectic at work between Dante the poet and Dante the pilgrim. -- from cover.
This beautiful hardcover edition–containing all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso–includes an introduction by Nobel Prize-winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations. The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery of its own identity. Allen Mandelbaum’s astonishingly Dantean translation, which captures so much of the life of the original, renders whole for us the masterpiece of that genius whom our greatest poets have recognized as a central model for all poets. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.
Annotation Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.