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Dante's Inferno, The Indiana Critical Edition The Indiana Critical Edition
Author(s): Dante Alighieri (Author), Mark Musa (Translator)
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publication Date: June 22, 1995
- Edition: The Indiana Critical
- Language: English
- Print length: 432 pages
- ISBN-10: 0253209307
- ISBN-13: 9780253209306
Book Description
This new critical edition, including Mark Musa’s classic translation, provides students with a clear, readable verse translation accompanied by ten innovative interpretations of Dante’s masterpiece.
Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Musa (Italian, Indiana Univ.), who is noted for his translation of Dante’s Vita Nuova, adds to the body of contemporary versions of the Inferno. Musa’s verse translation is accurate but flattens Dante’s poetry and diction; the translations of Ciardi, Mandelbaum, and, more recently, Robert Pinsky (LJ 11/1/93) are more satisfying as poetry. Furthermore, Musa’s version does not include the original Italian. Of greater value are the author’s detailed textual notes, bibliography of recent work on the Inferno, and collection of critical essays by the leading Dante scholars: Lawrence Baldassaro, Guy Raffa, Denise Heilbronn-Gaines, Amilcare Inannucci, Christopher Kleinhenz, Robert Hollander, Ricardo Quinones, Joan Ferrante, and John Welle. A convenient and accessible edition for academic collections.?T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong State Coll., Savannah, Ga.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
