| The Inferno of Dante Bilingual Edition Contributor(s): Dante (Author), Pinsky, Robert (Translator), Freccero, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0374524521 ISBN-13: 9780374524524 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dante's "terza rima" form without distorting the flow of English idiom. The result is a clear and vigorous translation that is also unique, student-friendly, and faithful to the original: "A brilliant success," as Bernard Knox wrote in "The New York Review of Books," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - Italian - Poetry | Medieval |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| LCCN: 93040169 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 7.9" (0.87 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dante's terza rima form without distorting the flow of English idiom. The result is a clear and vigorous translation that is also unique, student-friendly, and faithful to the original: A brilliant success, as Bernard Knox wrote in The New York Review of Books. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dante: - "Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante (1265 - 1321), was an Italian poet from Florence. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called "Commedia" and later called "Divina" (divine) by Boccaccio hence "Divina Commedia"), is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature."Pinsky, Robert: - A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. In addition to his books of poetry and The Inferno of Dante, he has written prose works, including The Life of David and The Sounds of Poetry.Mazur, Michael: - Michael Mazur illustrated The Inferno of Dante from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. |