Dante's Inferno: The Indiana Critical Edition
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This new critical edition, including Mark Musa's classic translation, provides students with a clear, readable verse translation accompanied by ten innovative interpretations of Dante's masterpiece.Library JournalMusa (Italian, Indiana Univ.), who is noted for his translation of Dante's Vita Nuova, adds to the body of contemporary versions of the Inferno. Musa's verse translation is accurate but flattens Dante's poetry and diction; the translations of Ciardi, Mandelbaum, and, more recently, Robert Pinsky (LJ 11/1/93) are more satisfying as poetry. Furthermore, Musa's version does not include the original Italian. Of greater value are the author's detailed textual notes, bibliography of recent work on the Inferno, and collection of critical essays by the leading Dante scholars: Lawrence Baldassaro, Guy Raffa, Denise Heilbronn-Gaines, Amilcare Inannucci, Christopher Kleinhenz, Robert Hollander, Ricardo Quinones, Joan Ferrante, and John Welle. A convenient and accessible edition for academic collections.T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga.
PrefaceThe Inferno3Critical EssaysRead It and (Don't) Weep: Textual Irony in the Inferno253Dante's Beloved Yet Damned Virgil266Inferno I: Breaking the Silence286Dante's Inferno, Canto IV299Behold Francesca Who Speaks So Well (Inferno V)310Iconographic Parody in Inferno XXI325Virgil and Dante as Mind-Readers (Inferno XXI and XXIII)340The Plot-Line of Myth in Dante's Inferno353Hell as the Mirror Image of Paradise367Dante in the Cinematic Mode: An Historical Survey of Dante Movies381Selected Bibliography: Inferno397Contributors399Index401
