4.4
DANTES INFERNO
by Dante
"This exciting new translation of Dante's masterpiece, considered by many the greatest poem ever written, brings together twenty of our most distinguished contemporary poets. One of the most important works of our literary and social imagination, Dante's Inferno has been translated by poets and scholars throughout the ages, but never before have so many talented voices worked in concert with each other and with Dante to produce this most compelling book of the Commedia. Dante's unique combination of formal and imaginative genius demands that only those in complete command of their own language should undertake to translate his. As James Merrill reminds us in his introduction, "masterpieces are timeless, but their translations date, and need redoing." This remarkable collaboration puts one of our "sacred texts" back into the hands of the keepers of the language, the poets themselves. Readers new to Dante will find a convincing and exciting tale of inner and outer exploration, and for the initiated, a Dante who speaks, in English, with a new lyrical power."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH199
LANGUAGEEN
Dante was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contemporary documents it is followed by the patronymic Alagherii or de Alagheriis; it was Boccaccio who popularized the form Alighieri. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri Painter of this picture of Dante is Sandro Botticelli, See the new edition of the comedy published by Ateliê Editorial of São Paulo, Brazil, trabslation in verso terza rima complete by João Trentino Ziller
4.4
DANTES INFERNO
by Dante
"This exciting new translation of Dante's masterpiece, considered by many the greatest poem ever written, brings together twenty of our most distinguished contemporary poets. One of the most important works of our literary and social imagination, Dante's Inferno has been translated by poets and scholars throughout the ages, but never before have so many talented voices worked in concert with each other and with Dante to produce this most compelling book of the Commedia. Dante's unique combination of formal and imaginative genius demands that only those in complete command of their own language should undertake to translate his. As James Merrill reminds us in his introduction, "masterpieces are timeless, but their translations date, and need redoing." This remarkable collaboration puts one of our "sacred texts" back into the hands of the keepers of the language, the poets themselves. Readers new to Dante will find a convincing and exciting tale of inner and outer exploration, and for the initiated, a Dante who speaks, in English, with a new lyrical power."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
POETRY (POETIC WORKS BY ONE AUTHOR)
RELEASED1998
PUBLISHERHarperCollins
LENGTH199
LANGUAGEEN
Dante was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contemporary documents it is followed by the patronymic Alagherii or de Alagheriis; it was Boccaccio who popularized the form Alighieri. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri Painter of this picture of Dante is Sandro Botticelli, See the new edition of the comedy published by Ateliê Editorial of São Paulo, Brazil, trabslation in verso terza rima complete by João Trentino Ziller
