The Divine Comedy
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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
A rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell. It re-creates for the modern reader the meanings that the poem had for Dante's contemporaries.
"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
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. His life was divided by political duties and poetry, the most of famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice,including La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy. He died in Ravenna in 1321.
Mark Musa is Distinguished Professor of French and Italian at the Center for Italian Studies, Indiana University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780142437223 |
| ISBN 10 | 0142437220 |
| Title | The Divine Comedy |
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
| Series | Divine Comedy Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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