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<p><p>this New Translation Presents The Italian Text Of The <b>inferno</b>, And, On Facing Pages, Robert Durling's New Prose Translation, Which Brings A New Power And Accuracy To The Rendering Of Dantes Extraordinary Vision Of Hell, With All Its Terror, Pathos, And Sardonic Humor, And Its Penetrating Analyses Of The Psychology Of Sin And The Ills That Plague Society. Readers Will Prize The Directness And Clarity, The Rich Expressiveness, And The Rigorous Accuracy Of This Contemporary Prose Translation, Which Preserves To An Unparalleled Degree The Order And Emphases Of Dante's Syntax, Unhampered By Any Constraints Of Meter Or Rhyme. The Italian Text Has Been Newly Edited With A View To The Needs Of American And English Readers.<br> Martinez' And Durling's Introduction And Notes Are Designed With The First-time Reader Of The Poem In Mind, But Will Be Useful To Others As Well. The Concise Introduction Presents Essential Biographical And Historical Background And A Discussion Of The Form Of The Poem. The Notes Are More Extensive Than Those In Most Translations Currently Available, And They Contain Much New Material. In Addition, Sixteen Short Essays Explore The Autobiographical Dimens

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Author

Dante Alighieri; Robert M Durling; Ronald L Martinez

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195087444

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Literary Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.99 / 5 (397 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14