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The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno Paperback - 2002
by Dante Alighieri; Mark Musa (Translator); Introduction by Mark Musa
This vigorous translation of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries.
Summary
This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition 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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- Title The Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Inferno
- Author Dante Alighieri; Mark Musa (Translator); Introduction by Mark Musa
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-12-31
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780142437223 / 0142437220
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.05 x 0.78 in (19.61 x 12.83 x 1.98 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1220
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Italy
- Theometrics: Academic
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress subjects Hell, Dante Alighieri
- Dewey Decimal Code 851.1
Media reviews
"Musa operates on the principle that a translator's first duty is to render the original text as exactly as possible without compromising the literary quality of the work.... [This is] the best English-language version of the Inferno currently available." —Library Journal
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