3.5
The Inferno of Dante
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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 US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dante's
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
.
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3.5
Maya Golitzin
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Minor characters stand outMorally ambiguousMultilayeredEpic scopeAncientAtmosphericBeautifulEvocative imageryHistoricalImmersive world-buildingOtherworldlyPicturesqueSetting fits the storyVivid descriptionsBeautifully-writtenDenseDescriptiveFlowery/lushHard to followTakes getting used toAbleismAbuseAnimal abuseBigotryChild abuseChild lossDeathDomestic violenceHomophobiaMurderReligious intoleranceSexual assaultTransphobiaViolenceWar violence
Emily Broom
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“Transformative for its time. Difficult to read (personally) due to prose and the variety of metaphors and references. I did really like the notes in the back and it was instrumental in understanding a lot of historical context. I found reading a canto, then reading the notes, then going back to read the canto again was very helpful.
The differences on how Dante classified the sins and their level of evilness versus how we might classify them today was incredibly intriguing.”
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“So much happens so quick lmao. Loved this translation a lot tho”
Anna Dhuse
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“I'm glad that I finally took the time to dive into this classic work. That being said, I think once is probably enough. I find that epic poetry is difficult for me to follow. It's interesting to read the footnotes along with the poetry because I got some insights and explanations that I really needed to understand what was going on at any given time.
Dante did a great job at creating a logical and disturbing picture of Hell, and Robet Pinsky impressively translated in the terzza rima style, keeping the unsettling imagery.”
Amber🌿
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