The Paradiso (Signet Classics)

The Paradiso (Signet Classics)

by Dante Alighieri (Author), Dante Alighieri (Author), Dante Alighieri (Author), John Ciardi (Translator)

Synopsis

In The Paradiso, Dante explores the goal of human striving: the merging of individual destiny with universal order. One of the towering creations of world literature, this epic discovery of truth is a work of mystical intensity? an immortal hymn to God, Nature, Eternity, and Love.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 365
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Signet Classics
Published: 07 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 0451531418
ISBN 13: 9780451531414

Author Bio
John Ciardi was a distinguished poet and professor, having taught at Harvard and Rutgers universities, and a poetry editor of The Saturday Review. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1955 he won the Harriet Monroe Memorial Award, and in 1956, the Prix de Rome. He died in 1986.