By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our, http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2007/09/03/070903crbo_books_acocella, Dante; (Translators) Jean & Robert Hollander. Out of the two I've read (Charles Sisson. In the very first line it is noticed when Dante writes Cos discesi del cerchio primario(34), Rogers translates it to From the first circle we descended down(17), which is a more faithful translation than Dayman writing So I plunged downwards from that upper ring(35), which is a more communicative way of translating. That's the version I read and those bleak covers, Barry Moser ink washes, were ubiquitous in freshmen dorms. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: 9780679433132 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books This Everyman's Library edition-containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso-includes an introduction. The Divine Comedy. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is . It also comes with the Italian text. Norton With six eyes did he weep, and down three chins. "There is no young man's version of this translation. This particular translation is characterized by a rather faithful adherence to the the original source texts physical structure. Provide Feedback Form, Rutgers, The State University of Mentre che luno spirto questo disse, Report scam, HUMANITIES, Winter 2017, Volume 38, Number 1, The National Endowment for the Humanities, State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils, HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities, SUBSCRIBE FOR HUMANITIES MAGAZINE PRINT EDITION, Sign up for HUMANITIES Magazine newsletter, How the Grimm Brothers Saved the Fairy Tale, Chronicling America: History American Newspapers. This page allows you to compare five passages from seven verse translations side by side. How? I'm going to third the choice of John Ciardi. Want to know what people are actually reading right now? In comparing these two translations, the Sayers version seems to win out in two waysit matches Dante in form and, to a degree, in content. A third choice is a translation written in blank verse (iambic pentameter). Individuals It is technically prose; however he decides to invoke quite a lot of poetic structure throughout the translation, such as, I understood that to such torment are condemned the carnal sinners Postponing the subject (as is done in the originals) is not normally allowed in English prose, thus lending to the fusion-like feeling of this translation. . Divine Comedy Comparisons. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri: 9780679433132 He first met Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice, in 1274; she inspired his most famous poetry, including the Vita Nuova, which More about Dante Alighieri, The English Dante of choice. Hugh KennerExactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths. Robert Fagles, Princeton UniversityA marvel of fidelity to the original, of sobriety, and truly, of inspired poetry. Henri Peyre, Yale University, Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from Penguin Random House, Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network.
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