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Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation Dante Alighieri

Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation By Dante Alighieri

Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation by Dante Alighieri


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Summary

New verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text, part of Alma Classics Evergreen series. Includes an extensive section on Dante's life and works.

Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation Summary

Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation by Dante Alighieri

Dante's dramatic journey through the circles of hell in search of redemption - and his encounter with devils, monsters and the souls of some of the greatest sinners who ever walked on earth - is one of the cornerstones of Western literature, the summit of medieval thinking and arguably the highest poetic achievement of all time. Inferno, the first part of Dante's Comedy, is presented here in a new verse translation by acclaimed poet and prize-winning translator J.G. Nichols, together with the original text facing, extensive notes, illustrations and a critical apparatus focusing on the author's life and works.

Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation Reviews

Bravo for this new version of Dante... Bravo, Professor Nichols! * The Church Times *
All life is written in Dante's burning pages, and Nichols has done him proud. -- Ian Thomson * The Observer *
For sheer liveliness, combined with accuracy and closeness to the text, it will be hard to rival. -- A.N. Wilson
This new translation by J.G. Nichols, clearly grounded in a secure knowledge of and familiarity with Dante and in English verse which is rarely less than competently handled, is one that deserves to be taken seriously and will reward any reader who makes his first encounter with Dante through it. It is an intelligent and sophisticated piece of work. * Acumen Literary Journal *
Dante is my spiritual food. -- James Joyce

About Dante Alighieri

Born in Florence, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is considered to be the father of Italian poetry and one of the greatest influences in world literature. His masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is the zenith of medieval knowledge and a paragon of poetic imagination. Its first part, the Inferno, remains one of the most popular books of all time.

Additional information

GOR005450430
9781847493408
1847493408
Inferno: Dual Language and New Verse Translation by Dante Alighieri
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Alma Books Ltd
2014-01-16
396
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