- Hardcover: 241 pages
- Publisher: Branden Publishing Co ,U.S. (1 Dec 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0937832286
- ISBN-13: 978-0937832288
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 14.4 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,297,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This may be cheap but DON'T READ IT!,
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This review is from: Inferno (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature): Inferno v. 1 (Paperback)
this is the cheapest version of Dante available. The original translation dates from the middle of the last century, it is nonsense on every level and being popular once is no excuse. Here are the first seven lines to give you an idea.In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death. This is rubbish in English and has only a slight connection with the original. Ther are several marvellous versions out there. Avoid both the Penguin versions, by Sayers and Musa, they have enough faults to choke on. For monolingual versions I recommend. The Divine Comedy translated by C.H. Sisson. World's classics. A great poet translating a greater. The Divine Comedy translated by Allen Mandelbaum Everyman's Library. A good poet, very clean and clear translation, excellent notesand commentaries, and a beautiful book to cap it all with lots of Botticelli drawings. The Divine Comedy translated by Peter Dale.Anvil Press. Metrically strict but surprisingly accurate. Better still buy one of the bilingual version, Dante is easy to get to read.
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This review is from: Inferno (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature): Inferno v. 1 (Paperback)
When we mention the Christian vision of hell, the first images what comes into your mind is sinners getting poked with pitchforks by Demons and Satan sitting on a throne. But, the way Dante puts it in his book will surely take away that view and change it with something even more shocking. This book will definitely be the best one you have ever brought.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Audacious journey,
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This review is from: Divine Comedy: Inferno v. 1 (Dante's Comedy, Vol 1) (Hardcover)
This is a review of the Nicholas Kilmer 1985 translation, illustrated by Benjamin Martinez.There have been over 700 years of commentary on this classic, so I won't add anything original here. On the web search for "Dartmouth Dante Project" and you will find many. The reading is helped by added commentary, for example understanding the role of Beatrice or Francesca as heroine. The Dorothy Sayers translation offers more background information. The audaciousness of the poet to enter this realm of Biblical themes is remarkable, as his ability to garner sympathy for some of the sinners, such as Ugolino. Its fun to think where Dante would have placed some of today's public figures. Kilmer's translation is clear and straightforward, fairly modern sounding. For example contrast Kilmers(from Cantos XXiv): Quicker than I cross t, dot i, versus Sayers: Never did writer with a single dash After I read the poem, I studied the dark illustrations by Benjamin Martinez and they present another view of the journey. |
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