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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still the best translation available!,
This review is from: Divine Comedy (Everyman Classics) (Hardcover)
Mandelbaum's translation somehow manages to be respectable poetry while being quite literal and accurately reflecting the meaning of the original Italian. This is a rare feat. The notes for the beautifully produced Everyman edition are new and quite adequate.
This book does NOT include the Italian text. The Bantam paperbacks of the Mandelbaum translation do, but with skimpier notes. The other important edition of the Comedy is by Robert and Jean Hollander. Their translation is very accurate, but not distinguished as poetry. Their notes, however, are extensive and excellent - a real education in Medieval life and thought.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A superb edition of a classic work!,
By Geoff Puterbaugh (Chiang Mai, T. Suthep, A. Muang Thailand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Divine Comedy (Everyman Classics) (Hardcover)
This The Divine Comedy (Everyman's Library Classics) is the book that I should have ordered, not the disgraceful edition The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso which I posted a warning about. This is a beautifully-translated, well-printed example of classically good book-making. And you can get it right now from Amazon UK!
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Divine Comedy (Everyman Classics) by Dante (Hardcover - May 25, 1995)
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