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Therefore, at the time the canto opens, it is midnight at the ganges, sunset at jerusalem, noon at the pillars of hercules, and dawn at purgatory. An acclaimed translation of dante alighieris the divine comedy volume 1. Thus the sun would move, according to dantes conceptualization, on a line from the ganges through jerusalem to the pillars of her cules, and around to purgatory. Project muse dantes inferno, the indiana critical edition. The divine comedy is an epic poem on a vast scale, told by dante himself in. At first it seems a daunting task to read dantes divine comedy. This week, the audio book version of dante alighieris dantes inferno has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the poetry category. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. How dante vindictively used the inferno against contemporaries by. Having been disapponted with sissons translation oup, i was hooked with pinskys. Boccaccio had been educated in the tradition of dantes divine comedy. I found the power, tangibility and relative clarity i was hoping for.

The notes by mark musa seem to occupy nearly as much room as story they detail. The portable dante captures the scope and fire of dante s genius as thoroughly as any single volume can. Pinskys translation really brought the inferno to life for me. This vigorous translation of inferno preserves dantes simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original italian verse. Dantes inferno by mark musa, 9780253339430, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Dantes hidden sin dominican scholar dominican university. Dantes inferno audio dramatization featuring corin redgrave duration. Dante, the inferno canto xix 5157 translated by robert hollander. Verse translation and commentary translated by mark musa published on. A former fulbright and guggenheim fellow, musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of dantes divine comedy. Dantes inferno, the indiana critical edition indiana masterpiece editions.

The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of. Written by dante alighieri, robert pinsky translator, audiobook narrated by john cleese. Although i had read dantes work and quite enjoyed it previously, this book really. Mark musa is a professor at the center for italian studies at indiana university. Alighieri, dante, musa, mark, musa, mark, musa, mark. The lover of the new life and the pilgrim of the divine. Dante alighieri the inferno musa translation lyrics.

Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The decameron subtitled prince galehaut and sometimes nicknamed lumana commedia the human comedy, is a collection of novellas by the 14thcentury italian author giovanni boccaccio 75. Musa translated and edited the portable dante and, with peter bondanella, the portable machiavelli, both published by penguin books. This collection contains the laurence binyon translation of the divine comedy. When it comes to notes, however, mark musas penguin are preferrable. This new critical edition, including mark musa s classic translation, provides students with a clear, readable verse translation accompanied by ten innovative interpretations of dantes masterpiece. Charles williams, and robert pogue harrison have all written books on this topic. Divine comedy accompanies the charles eliot norton translation of the epic. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.