Inferno: The Divine Comedy I

基本信息

By (author) Dante , Translated by Robin Kirkpatrick

Series:Penguin Clothbound Classics

Format:Hardback 576 pages

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:Penguin Classics

ISBN:9780141195872

Published: 25 Nov 2010

Classifications:Poetry by individual poets

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:688g

Dimensions:207 x 137 x 39 (mm)

Pub. Country:United Kingdom

Language:English

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书籍简介

《地狱》描述了但丁在维吉尔的引导下，在人生的中途坠入地狱。《地狱》描绘了一个残酷的地狱，在那里，绝望的人物因为犯了七宗致命的罪中的一宗或多宗而被判处永恒的诅咒。当但丁沿着九个同心圆不断折磨下去的时候，他遇到了注定要死去的灵魂，包括异教徒埃涅阿斯，骗子奥德修斯，自杀的克利奥帕特拉，以及他自己的政敌，因为他们的欺骗而被诅咒。

在妖魔的引导下，诗人最终必须和维吉尔一起旅行，到达最深处。因为只有在地狱的中心遇见撒旦，他才能真正理解罪的悲剧。

Describing Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, Inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonising torture, Dante encounters doomed souls including the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicide Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit.

Led by leering demons, the poet must ultimately journey with Virgil to the deepest level of all. For it is only by encountering Satan, in the heart of Hell, that he can truly understand the tragedy of sin.

作者简介

但丁出生于1265年。被认为是意大利伟大的诗人，这个来自佛罗伦萨家庭的后裔在很小的时候就精通抒情诗艺术。他的首部主要作品是《新生》(1292年)，这是向他一生的挚爱贝雅特丽丝·波提纳致敬。与杰玛·多纳蒂克结婚后，但丁的政治激进主义导致他被从佛罗伦萨流放到拉文纳定居。人们认为《神曲》是在1308年至1320年之间写成的，由三部分组成:《地狱》、《炼狱》和《天堂篇》。但丁于1321年去世。

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265. Considered Italy's greatest poet, this scion of a Florentine family mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) which is a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Married to Gemma Donatic, Dante's political activism resulted in his being exiled from Florence to eventually settle in Ravenna. It is believed that The Divine Comedy-comprised of three canticles, The Inferno, The Purgatorio, and The Paradiso-was written between 1308 and 1320. Dante Alighieri died in 1321.