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The Portable Dante (Viking portable library)
  

The Portable Dante (Viking portable library) (Paperback)

by Dante Alighieri (Author), Paolo Milano (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 662 pages
  • Publisher: Viking Portable Library; New impression edition (Sep 1981)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140150323
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140150322
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11.2 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 982,479 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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THE DIVINE COMEDY, COMPLETE IN LAURENCE BINYON'S INCOMPARABLE VERSE TRANSLATION: D G ROSSETTI'S FAMOUS VERSION OF THE NEW LIFE, COMPLETE: SHORT POEMS: SELECTIONS FROM DANTE'S LETTERS, FROM HIS GREAT WORK ON MONARCHY AND FROM HIS EPOCH-MAKING TREATISE ON THE VERNACULAR TONGUE.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A translation that captures the Comedia's essence, 30 Jul 2001
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Little is needed to be said about Dante's masterpiece of poetry and allegory. Many translations exist, but this one I found to be the best. Not only is it clear in expressing what the Poet himself wanted to evoke, it also captures his sense of rhythm as well as brilliant synthesis of words. Keeping the meter and discarding any meagre attempt to rhyme in English, Musa has provided what is probably the best version of Dante for those who cannot enjoy him in his native tongue. Finally, the scholar's notes make for great guidance through the historical/mythological/theological alterations of the Pilgrim's sojourn.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Musa's translation of Dante, 27 Dec 2001
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As a non-Italian-reader I came to Dante through the no doubt common path of T.S. Eliot's poetry and critical writing. Mark Musa's Portable Dante is a useful volume in that it includes La Vita Nuova as well as The Divine Comedy. (Although unfortunately no extracts from Dante's treatise on vernacular poetry, which Eliot and Ezra Pound so often mention.) I've enjoyed reading C.H. Sisson's translation (which contains a good fat section of commentary at the back); but this one is obviously more literal -- for example the small section Dante wrote in Provencal (Purgatorio XXVI) is given in Provencal and translated in a footnote, which is a nice touch.
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