The Divine Comedy
$41.53
- Hardcover
624 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2025
Summary
When Michael Palma’s translation of the Inferno appeared in 2002, it defied the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who had long argued that Dante’s intricate terza rima form simply could not be rendered in “rhyme-poor” English. But Palma’s achievement in rhyming tercets was quickly received as a spectacular feat of poetic artistry that was “accurate… admirably clear, and readable” (Richard Wilbur) and that, “in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original… comes c…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781324095545 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1324095547 |
| Author: | Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma |
| Publisher: | W W Norton & Co Ltd |
| Imprint: | Liveright Publishing Corporation |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 955g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 160mm x 38mm |
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”[Palma] often strikes the right balance between colour and sobriety” – Harry Cochrane - The Times Literary Supplement
About The Author
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.
Michael Palma has published six collections of original poetry and nearly twenty books of translations of modern and contemporary poets. He has received numerous awards, including the Italo Calvino Award from the Translation Center of Columbia University. His most recent book is Faithful in My Fashion: Essays on the Translation of Poetry. He lives in Vermont.
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