| Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy: Volume 5: Paradise: Italian Text with Verse Translation, /Volume 6: Paradise: Commentary Contributor(s): Dante Alighieri (Author), Musa, Mark (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0253341388 ISBN-13: 9780253341389 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $80.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: Mark Musa's vivid two-volume verse translation of and commentary on the Paradiso completes Indiana's six-volume edition of the Divine Comedy. Musa has revised his earlier version, long cited as the most accessible and reliable of the English translations. The first volume presents his translation and the Italian text on facing pages; the second volume comprises his lifetime study of the Paradiso, in which Musa examines and discusses the critical commentary of other Dante scholars and presents his own ideas and interpretations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Medieval - Poetry | European - Italian |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| LCCN: 96012746 |
| Series: Indiana Masterpiece Editions |
| Physical Information: 1.96" H x 6.54" W x 9.48" (2.46 lbs) 344 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Volume 5. Paradise: Italian Text with Verse Translation Mark Musa's vivid two-volume verse translation of and commentary on the Paradiso completes Indiana's six-volume edition of the Divine Comedy. Musa has revised his earlier version, long cited as the most accessible and reliable of the English translations. The first volume presents his translation and the Italian text on facing pages; the second volume comprises his lifetime study of the Paradiso, in which Musa examines and discusses the critical commentary of other Dante scholars and presents his own ideas and interpretations. |