PURGATORY: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray's remarkable illustrated interpretation of Dante's La Divina Commedia continues One Of The Masterpieces Of World Literature, Completed In 1320, Dante's Divina Commedia Describes Dante's Journey Through Hell, Purgatory And His Eventual Arrival In Heaven. In This New, Fully Illustrated Version Of Dante's Masterpiece, Alasdair Gray Offers An Original Translation In Prosaic English Rhyme.0accessible, Modern And Sublimely Illustrated, This Remarkable Edition Yokes Two Great Literary Minds, Seven Hundred Years Apart, And Brings The Classic Text Alive For The Twenty-first Century. Dante Alighieri; Alasdair Gray. One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante's La Divina Commedia describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new version of Dante's masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible, modern and sublimely decorated, this remarkable edition told in three parts yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century. In part two of La Divina Commedia, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, must enter and traverse Purgatory and the seven deadly sins in their quest to reach Heaven. In this colloquial version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in his own unique idiom. Lyrical and modern, this remarkable edition yokes two great literary minds, seven hundred years apart, and brings the classic text alive for the twenty-first century. To course on better waters the little boat of my wit, that leaves behind her so cruel a sea, now raises her sails, and I will sing of that second kingdom in which the human spirit is made clean and becomes worthy to ascend to Heaven. Dante, after becoming lost on the path of life, is led by Virgil into Hell to begin his journey back to the light of God. IN the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost. Com’ io l’ho tratto, saria lungo a dirti;