The Divine Comedy, Volume 1: Inferno (Penguin Classics)

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Author: Dante Alighieri

ISBN-10: 0142437220

ISBN-13: 9780142437223

Category: Classics By Subject

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.\ @HolyHaha I have to climb a mountain now? You got to be kidding me. Is this a...

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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. Translated with Notes and an Introduction by Mark Musa