The Inferno of Dante Alighieri
A New Translation (New York Review Books Classics)
By Ciaran Carson (Translator)
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This startling new translation of Dante's Inferno is by Ciaran Carson, one of contemporary Ireland's most dazzlingly gifted poets. Written in a vigorous and inventive contemporary idiom, while also reproducing the intricate rhyme-scheme that is so essential to the beauty and power of Dante's Continue
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guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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Jamming up the Flax Machine
Throughout the 19th century, Italian critics attributed to Dante’s Commedia the formal and linguistic unity they desired for their country. It is ‘a national Bible’, de Sanctis said; ‘harmony,’ Mazzini affirmed, ‘flows throughout in full tide.’ Simil ... (read full critics)
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- English Books
- Paperback 320 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1590171144
- ISBN-13: 9781590171141
- Publisher: New York Review Books Classics
- Pub date: Oct 31, 2004
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9781590171141 | Paperback | $14.95 | $11.75 | bn.com |
| $14.95 | $11.73 | The Book Depository | ||
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The trump and the rump
The Inferno of Dante Alighieri translated by Ciaran Carson 296pp, Granta, £14.99 There were at least 50 English translations of The Inferno in the 20th century alone, and now we have another, by the Belfast poet and novelist Ciaran Carson. It is a br ... (read full critics)