Dante's Inferno - Hardcover

Alighieri, Dante

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0330441108 ISBN 13: 9780330441100

Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 2008

Synopsis

A new telling of Dante’s Inferno, this translation is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of the famous poem yet, and with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of Sean O’Brien’s own poetry manages the near-impossible task of preserving the subtle power and lyric nuance of the Italian original, while seeking out an entirely natural English music. No other version has so vividly expressed the horror, cruelty, beauty, and outrageous imaginative flight of Dante’s original vision.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

praise for Sean O’Brien:

‘The bard of urban Britain’ The Times

‘His work is elegiac and satirical, interested in history, politics and the imagination’ Independent on Sunday

‘A poet of unabashed political engagement, wit and humour’ Guardian

About the Author:

Sean O’Brien is the author of The Deregulated Muse, The Drowned Book, and The Firebox: Poetry In Britain And Ireland After 1945.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0330441108
• ISBN 13: 9780330441100
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256