The Divine Comedy
Volume 1: Inferno (Penguin Classics)
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Book Description
This vigorous translation of the poet's journey through the circles of hell re-creates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text.
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lrb published on Sun, 5 Sep 2010
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Dante Agonistes
A late starter on the road to classic status, Dante stands very high today. The Modernist masters and critics joined in paying him homage. His prestige in the literary world is unquestioned. And now Professor Singleton’s great edition of the Divine C ... (read full critics)
nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010
2 Reviews
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Here you can read the complete text:
http://alighieri.scarian.net/translate_english/alighier…
translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Letteratura OperaOmnia said on Feb 22, 2011 | Add your feedback
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Here you can read the complete text:
http://alighieri.scarian.net/translate_english/alighier…
translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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- English Books
- Paperback 432 Pages
- Edition: Rev Ed
- ISBN-10: 0142437220
- ISBN-13: 9780142437223
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Pub date: Dec 31, 2002
- Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and eBook
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Confounding the Apes
There are several different things one can be aiming at in a verse translation, leaving aside the genre known as ‘Imitation’, in which poets like Samuel Johnson, Ezra Pound and Robert Lowell have done such marvellous things. A verse translation may a ... (read full critics)