| Dante's Purgatory Contributor(s): Alighieri, Dante (Author), Powers, Richard M. (Illustrator), Musa, Mark (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0253179262 ISBN-13: 9780253179265 Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips) OUR PRICE: $44.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 1981 Annotation: Mark Musa again brings his poetic sensitivity and his skill as a translator to the difficult task of making Dante's masterpiece live for English-speaking readers. His rendering of the Purgatory is distinguished by the same flexible iambic verse, the same dignified understatement, and the same elegant clarity that characterizes Dante's own lofty and complex style. Musa's extensive annotation as well as his prose introduction to each of the cantos reveal the hand of the careful scholar and craftsman. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - General - Poetry | Medieval |
| Dewey: 800 |
| LCCN: 8008098 |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mark Musa again brings his poetic sensitivity and his skill as a translator to the difficult task of making Dante's masterpiece live for English-speaking readers. His rendering of the Purgatory is distinguished by the same flexible iambic verse, the same dignified understatement, and the same elegant clarity that characterizes Dante's own lofty and complex style. Musa's extensive annotation as well as his prose introduction to each of the cantos reveal the hand of the careful scholar and craftsman. |