The Inferno
Jul 2012 · Sold by Anchor
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The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work of world literature.
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March 4, 2014
The Hollanders' widely esteemed modern English translation for Princeton strikes a sweet balance between poetry, pace, vivid imagery, and line-by-line accuracy. An excellent option both for scholars and those approaching Dante for the first time. Edition includes detailed notes and the original Tuscan Italian text. A cornerstone for your personal library. Don't hesitate.
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Bumpy Johnson
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April 19, 2015
I actually have a hard copy of the book, I don't know it by heart yet but I'm learning how to remember it...
Logan Smith
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June 14, 2023
lovely
About the author
ROBERT HOLLANDER has taught The Divine Comedy to Princeton students for thirty-nine years. He is the author of a dozen monographs, editions, and translations, and some six dozen articles on Dante, Boccaccio, and other writers. A member of Princeton's Department of Romance Languages and the former chairman of its Department of Comparative Literature, he has received many awards, including the Gold Medal of the city of Florence in recognition of his Dante scholarship. JEAN HOLLANDER, his wife, is a poet, teacher, and director of the Writers' Conference at the College of New Jersey. They are at work translating Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso, and Doubleday will publish their complete Divine Comedy in 2002.
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