{"product_id":"purgatorio-9781681376059","title":"Purgatorio","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new translation of Dante's \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e that celebrates the human elements of the second part of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy. \u003c\/i\u003eThis is a bilingual edition with an illuminating introduction from the translator. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Literary Translators Association 2022 National Translation Award in Poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e, the middle section of Dante's great poem about losing, and subsequently finding, one's way in the middle of one's life is, unsurprisingly, the beating heart of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, as this powerful and lucid new translation by the poet D. M. Black makes wonderfully clear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter days spent plumbing the depths of hell, the pilgrim staggers back to the clear light of day in a state of shock, the sense of pervasive dread and deep bewilderment with which he began his pilgrimage as intensified as it is alleviated by his terminal vision of evil. The slow and initially arduous climb up the mount of Purgatory that ensues, guided as always by Virgil, his poetic model and mentor, is simultaneously a reckoning with human limits and a rediscovery of human potential in the light of divine promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDante's \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been an inspiration to poets as varied as Shelley and T. S. Eliot, is a book full of human stories and philosophical inquiry; it is also a tale of individual reintegration and healing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlack, a distinguished psychoanalyst as well as a poet, provides an introduction and commentary to this masterpiece by Dante from a contemporary point of view in this bilingual edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/b\u003e's (1265-1321) most famous works are \u003ci\u003eThe New Life\u003c\/i\u003e, which is available in the NYRB Poets series in a translation by Dante Gabriel Rosetti; \u003ci\u003eDe vulgari eloquentia\u003c\/i\u003e, a defense of the use of the vernacular in literature; and his epic vision of the afterlife, \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. NYRB Classics also publishes Dante's \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e in a translation by Ciaran Carson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eD. M. Black\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of seven poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eClaiming Kindred\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Arrow Maker\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). He edited Psychoanalysis and Religion in the \u003ci\u003e21st Century: Competitors or Collaborators?\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), and is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Things Matter: The Place of Values in Science, Psychoanalysis and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). He is a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society and lives\u003cbr\u003ein London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pogue Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is a critic, radio host, and the Rosina Pierotti Professor in Italian Literature at Stanford University. His most recent book is \u003ci\u003eJuvenescence: A Cultural History of Our Age\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511214412050,"sku":"9781681376059","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f58fb59b-fae3-4b2e-9091-26d5b779f111.jpg?v=1754896745","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/purgatorio-9781681376059","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}