New verse translation by prize-winning translator with facing Italian text, part of Alma Classics Evergreen series. Includes an extensive section on Dante's life and works.
Of the three sections of Dante ’s Divine Comedy, the first section, Inferno, has always been the most popular. The medieval equivalent of a thriller, Inferno features Dante and his faithful guide Virg
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In 1867, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow completed the first American translation of Inferno and thus introduced Dante’s literary genius to the New World. In the Inferno, the spirit of the classical poet V
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In 1666, celebrated actress and spy Beth Johnson and her fellow spies John and Ralph work to rescue John's sister from those conspiring against the king, even as a great fire threatens to consume all
In 1666, celebrated actress and spy Beth Johnson and her fellow spies John and Ralph work to rescue John's sister from those conspiring against the king, even as a great fire threatens to consume all
“This will be the Dante for the next generation” (Publishers Weekly, starred review)—now available in paperbackStopped mid-motion in the middleOf what we call our life, I looked up and saw no sky—Only
"As poetry, Mr. Zappulla's English Dante is successful--. The power of Dante's descriptive poetry should be apparent, and that is perhaps the highest compliment one can pay a translator."--Washington
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Michael Palma's translation of the Inferno reproduces in contemporary English Dante's intricate triple-rhyming terza rima form, defying the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who long argued that it simply cannot be done. This spectacular feat of poetic artistry- "accurate ... admirably clear, and readable" (Richard Wilbur)-"in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original ... comes close to perfection" (X.J. Kennedy).
The most famous of the three canticles that comprise The Divine Comedy, Inferno describes Dante's descent in Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric
