Unlike every known translator before him, Michael Palma re-creates Dante’s masterpiece in all its dimensions, without emphasizing some aspects over others, rendering Inferno into contemporary American English while maintaining Dante’s original triple rhyme scheme. The result is a translation that can be appreciated for its literal faithfulness and beautiful poetic form, accompanied by facing-page Italian and explanatory notes. “A superb translation; highly recommended.”–Library Journal “I find Michael Palma’s Inferno to be one that I’m having a hard time improving.”–Lawrence Ferlinghetti “I think highly of Michael Palma’s Inferno….Readers will find it admirably clear and readable.”–Richard Wilbur
Author: Dante Alighieri
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/01/2003
Series: New Verse Translation by Michael Palma
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.56w x 1.03d
ISBN: 9780393323870
Language: English
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