Inferno (v. 1) (Modern Library) - Hardcover

Alighieri, Dante

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679602097 ISBN 13: 9780679602095

Publisher: Random House Inc, 1996

Synopsis

This timeless Christian allegory has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery fo its own identity.
In the Inferno, the first of the Comedy's three parts, Dante is conducted by the spirit of the classical poet Virgil through the nine circles of Hell on the initial stage of his arduous journey toward God.

About this title

Product Description:

[ Dante Alighierias Divine Comedy, Volume 1 and 2: Inferno: Italian Text with Verse Translation and Inferno: Notes and Commentary Indiana Masterpiece Editions By ( Author ) Apr-1997 Hardcover

Review:

"It is Mr. Ciardi's great merit to be one of the first American translators to have...reproduced [The Inferno] successfully in English. A text with the clarity and sobriety of a first-rate prose translation which at the same time suggests in powerful and unmistakable ways the run and rhythm of the great original...A spectacular achievement."--Archibald MacLeish

"Fresh and sharp...I think [Ciardi's] version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen."--John Crowe Ransom

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679602097
• ISBN 13: 9780679602095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158