Inferno: A New Verse Translation
| AUTHOR | Alighieri, Dante; Palma, Michael |
| PUBLISHER | W. W. Norton & Company (03/01/2003) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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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
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ISBN-13:
9780393323870
ISBN-10:
0393323870
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Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
416
Carton Quantity:
18
Product Dimensions:
5.56 x 1.03 x 8.18 inches
Weight:
1.02 pound(s)
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Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Poetry | European - General
Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Religious
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Reading Level:
0
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0
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Not Applicable
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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
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Translator:
Palma, Michael
Michael Palma is the recipient of the Italo Calvino Award for his translation of My Name on the Wind: Selected Poems of Diego Valeri and of the Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award from the American Academy of American Poets for his translation of The Man I Pretend to Be: The Colloquies and Selected Poems of Guido Gozzano. A poet in his own right, Palma has published three collections of verse, and his poetry has been anthologized in, among other publications, Penguin s Unsettling America: An Anthology of Contemporary Multicultural Poetry.
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