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Inferno: The Divine Comedy I

INFERNO

» Dante Alighieri

Translator - Robin Kirkpatrick

Introduction by - Robin Kirkpatrick

Editor - Robin Kirkpatrick

Commentaries by - Robin Kirkpatrick

Notes by - Robin Kirkpatrick

Penguin Classics
Paperback : 30 Mar 2006

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"Kirkpatrick brings a more nuanced sense of the Italian and a more mediated appreciation of the poem's construction than nearly all of his competitors. . . . There is much to recommend here-certainly the intelligence, the energy, the linguistic range. . . . His introduction and canto-by-canto notes are remarkably level and lucid, as attentive to structure as to syntax, language and motif, and deftly cross-reference the whole poem. On their own, they would justify the price."
-The Times (London)

"We gain much from Kirkpatrick's fidelity to syntax and nuance, and from the fact that the Italian is on the facing page for our inspection. . . . His introduction . . . tells you, very readably indeed, pretty much all you need for a heightened appreciation of the work. . . . Kirkpatrick edges us, smoothly, into Dante's mind, and shows just how and why his influence has seemed to grow with the passage of time. We even get a map of trecento Italy (nestling against a map of hell). . . . If the Purgatorio and Paradiso are as good as this, then English readers will, I hope, start familiarising themselves with the two-thirds of the work most never get round to reading."
-Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian

"The perfect balance of tightness and colloquialism... likely to be the best modern version of Dante.
-Bernard O'Donoghue

"This version is the first to bring together poetry and scholarship in the very body of the translation-a deeply informed version of Dante that is also a pleasure to read."
-Professor David Wallace, University of Pennsylvania

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Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780140448955
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 560
Published : 30 Mar 2006
Publisher : Penguin Classics

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Inferno: The Divine Comedy I

INFERNO

» Dante Alighieri

Translator - Robin Kirkpatrick

Introduction by - Robin Kirkpatrick

Editor - Robin Kirkpatrick

Commentaries by - Robin Kirkpatrick

Notes by - Robin Kirkpatrick

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