Inferno by Dante Alighieri
This Norton Critical Edition of Dantes masterpiece is based on Michael Palmas verse translation, which is acclaimed for its elegant rendering of Dantes triple-rhyme scheme into contemporary English.
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321. Giuseppe Mazzotta is Sterling Professor of the Humanities for Italian at Yale University. He is president of the Dante Society of America (2003-2009). He is the author of Dante: Poet of the Desert and Dante’s Vision and the Circle of Knowledge. Michael Palma has published six collections of original poetry and nearly twenty books of translations of modern and contemporary poets. He has received numerous awards, including the Italo Calvino Award from the Translation Center of Columbia University. His most recent book is Faithful in My Fashion: Essays on the Translation of Poetry. He lives in Vermont.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393977967 |
| ISBN 10 | 039397796X |
| Title | Inferno |
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
| Series | Norton Critical Editions |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2008-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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