Dante's Paradiso
By: illustrated by Sandow Birk ; text adapted by Sandow Birk and Marcus Sanders ; preface by Peter S. Hawkins ; foreword by Mary Campbell ; introduction by Michael F. Meister
Contributors: Sanders, Marcus; Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Heaven -- Poetry
Genres: Poetry
Description: Publisher's description: Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a work of profound satiric fury" and by Bookpage as "funny and deeply affecting, " Birk and Sanders' innovative and authentic adaptation of Dante's epic, coupled with Birk's striking play on Gustave Dore's classic illustrations, make this a Divine Comedy for the 21st century. Acclaimed by both the literary and art worlds; rife with contemporary turns of phrase and slang (just as the original poem was written in the vernacular of its day) and pointed visions of the afterlife as contemporary cities; and rich with bold allusion, cultural critique, and wit.