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This translation and commentary are an essential contribution to Dante's reception in English.  Despite its reputation as the most challenging of the three canticles, the Paradiso, in Lombardo's dramatically charged version, becomes remarkably transparent. . . . As is characteristic of his previous translations, Lombardo addresses his version of Paradiso not only to readers but also to listeners and succeeds in recreating the various stages on which the Comedy was originally received and presented.

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The distinctive combination of Lombardo's lucid rendering of Dante's poem with Cornish's judicious commentary will make this volume a remarkable resource for both new and seasoned readers. It not only provides the necessary coordinates to comprehend Dante's daring description of eternity but also offers new insights about the work's relation to its historical, philosophical, and literary contexts. --Martin Eisner, Associate Professor of Romance Studies, Duke University

-This translation and commentary are an essential contribution to Dante's reception in English. Stanley Lombardo's translation is accurate, elegant, and transparent, a mirror of the original text. Alison Cornish's commentary is lucid, graceful, and precise, with just the right level of detail; it penetrates and opens the Paradiso's philosophical, scientific, and theological dimensions with authority, balance, sensitivity, and simplicity. Perhaps now more readers will follow Dante to Paradise.- --Christian Moevs, Associate Professor of Italian, University of Notre Dame

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Stanley Lombardo is Professor Emeritus of Classics, The University of Kansas. Alison Cornish is Professor of Italian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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