Now I shall sing the second kingdom,
there where the soul of man is cleansed,
made worthy to ascend to heaven.
In the second book of Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, Dante
has left hell and begins the ascent of the mount of purgatory. Just
as hell had its circles, purgatory, situated at the threshold of
heaven, has its terraces, each representing one of the seven mortal
sins. With Virgil again as his guide, Dante climbs the mountain;
the poet shows us, on its slopes, those whose lives were variously
governed by pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony, and lust.
As he witnesses the penance required on each successive terrace,
Dante often feels the smart of his own sins. His reward will be a
walk through the garden of Eden, perhaps the most remarkable
invention in the history of literature.
Now Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, and Robert Hollander, a
renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the
Inferno""was acclaimed as a new standard in English, bring their
respective gifts to Purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse
translation. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the
translation, their edition offers an extensive and accessible
introduction as well as generous historical and interpretive
commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship and Robert
Hollander's own decades of teaching and reasearch.
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