The Divine Comedy: Hell, Purgatory, Heaven : A Terza Rima Version - Hardcover

Dante Alighieri; Dale, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085646287X ISBN 13: 9780856462870

Publisher: Anvil Pr Poetry Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

Series; Indiana masterpiece editions. Physical description; four volumes. Subjects; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321). Inferno. Purgatory. The Divine Comedy. Translation. Original Italian text. Commentary. Inferno. Genre; Bibliography.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian

From Library Journal:

Dante's Divine Comedy remains a favorite for translators. This new version by English poet and translator Dale, whose work includes translations of French poets Francois Villon and Jules Laforgue, joins the recent translations by Robert Pinskey (LJ 11/1/94), Mark Musa (LJ 3/1/95), and Robert Durling (LJ 3/15/96). Dale's version is accurate, though it flattens Dante's diction. It differs from others in its attempt to capture Dante's terza rima, an intertwining triple rhyme. The effect is disappointing. The short rhymed lines are frequently jangling, and, in order to achieve the rhyme, Dale must frequently invert phrases, making his verse sound deliberately anachronistic, thus losing Dante's vitality. The edition is illustrated with a selection of William Blake's watercolors for his engravings of the Divine Comedy. Only for comprehensive literature collections.?T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Anvil Pr Poetry Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 085646287X
• ISBN 13: 9780856462870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1