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Purgatorio Re-placed
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Purgatorio Re-placed
Contributors:
By (Author) Alex Selenitsch
Publisher:
Gazebo Books
Imprint:
Life Before Man
Publication Date:
1st September 2021
Country:
Australia
Classifications
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
344
Dimensions:
Width 140mm, Height 225mm
Description
Purgatorio Re-placed is a re-write of Dantes Purgatorio, the second book of his Divine Comedy. Using Dorothy Sayers translation as a guide, Alex Selenitsch keeps Dantes overall and detail structure of 33 Cantos or chapters but rewrites the epic in modern Australian English. Dantes medieval list of sins, his characters and events are replaced with Australian ones, while the mountain is flattened out to encompass the continent of Australia. Over this geography, the new poem deals with issues of art and creativity, and the development of a poetic voice.
