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The Divine Comedy
The three canticles
Dante Alighieri · translated by Joe Carlson
This bundle includes all three canticles of Dante’s Divine Comedy translated by Joe Carlson.
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The whole poem, one canticle at a time
This new translation by Joe Carlson combines a very close reading of the original Italian with an accessibility that seeks to faithfully imitate what Dante himself accomplished in his masterpiece of a poem. It is rendered in Blank Verse to maintain a sense of the poetry, without being constrained by the limiting nature of English rhymes.
The text includes comprehensive summaries for each canto, along with a scattering of footnotes when needed. All other notes and explanations are in the Reader’s Guide, along with a semi-pastoral analysis of each canto.
Three books: the whole poem
Inside the book
Inferno, Canto III.
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“To accompany his smooth and literate translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy, Joe Carlson has put together a series of excellent Reader’s Guides that provide the necessary historical, literary, philosophical, and theological background.”
Dr. Joe Carlson
Joe Carlson holds a BA in Liberal Arts and Culture from New Saint Andrews College, and an MA in Humanities and a PhD in Literature from the University of Dallas. He is a Senior Editor with Roman Roads Press and a Literature professor at New Saint Andrews College.
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The poem in one volume or three, a guide to every canto, the lectures, the Teacher’s Edition, an interlinear, audiobooks read by the translator, and all of Dante’s prose. The most complete Dante in English, in one place.