This widely praised version of Dante's masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dante's terza rima form without distorting the flow of English idiom. The result is a clear and vigorous translation that is also unique, student-friendly, and faithful to the original: "A brilliant success," as Bernard Knox wrote in The New York Review of Books.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Yes, this is an epic poem, but don't let that put you off. An excellent introduction provides context for the work, while detailed notes on each canto are a virtual who's who of 13th-century Italian politics, culture, and literature. Best of all, Pinsky's brilliant translation communicates the horror, despair, and terror of hell with such immediacy, you can almost smell the sulfur and feel the heat from the rain of fire as Dante--led by his faithful guide Virgil--descends lower and lower into the pit. Dante's journey through Satan's kingdom must rate as one of the great fictional travel tales of all time, and Pinsky does it great justice.
A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. He teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University and has also taught at the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ009REB_ns
Book Description Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). . Seller Inventory # 5AUZZZ000UUS_ns
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition 1.24. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780374525316
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Michael Mazur (illustrator). New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0374525315
Book Description Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). Seller Inventory # 592087-n
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # L0-9780374525316
Book Description Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). Seller Inventory # I-9780374525316
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Michael Mazur (illustrator). New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0374525315
Book Description Condition: New. Michael Mazur (illustrator). Book is in NEW condition. Seller Inventory # 0374525315-2-1
Book Description Condition: new. Michael Mazur (illustrator). Seller Inventory # FrontCover0374525315