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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume 1: Inferno Illustrated Edition

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This is the first volume of a new prose translation of Dante's epic - the first in twenty-five years. Robert Durling's translation brings a new power and accuracy to the rendering of Dante's extraordinary vision of Hell, with its terror, pathos, and sardonic humour, and its penetrating analyses of the psychology of sin and the ills that plague society.

A newly edited version of the Italian text can be on facing pages, and this edition includes fully comprehensive notes as well as sixteen essays on special subjects.

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'This new edition of Inferno is distinctly user-friendly....Serious students-in or out of the classroom-who...examine the original poem alongside a readable and reliable prose translation will find this edition excellently suited to their needs.'

-The Christian Science Monitor

'A useful volume for students and first-time visitors to Dante's cosmos.'-

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'In this new translation, Durling tries to be as concrete as possible, producing a version that is more fluent and accurate than the versions of Mandelbaum and Musa.... Highly recommended.'

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'Like the Inferno edition that preceded it, the Durling-Martinez Purgatorio, with its beautiful translation and superb apparatus of notes, is simply the best edition of Dante's second canticle in English. No other version offers anything close to what we find gathered here in one volume.'

-Robert Harrison, Professor of Italian, Stanford University

"As Durling and Martinez complete their monumental three-volume presentation of Dante's masterpiece, we can sense their triumph and elation, despite their characteristic modesty. This, after all, is the volume with which they can demonstrate the fullness and consistency of Dante's great project, its final approach to what they describe in one footnote as 'a pitch of intensity unique in all literature.' The scholarship, as always, is graceful, comprehensive, and acute, and it surrounds a translation that is so carefully considered and fully realized as to be, at times, quite breathtaking." --David Young, translator of The Poetry of Petrarch

"Durling and Martinez deliver Paradiso in elegant English prose faithful to Dante's Italian. The general introduction and succinct notes to each canto enable an informed reading of a frequently daunting text, while the longer 'Additional Notes,' bibliography, and indices will more than satisfy the most exigent critic. Marvelous, in the richest medieval sense of the term." --Michael Wyatt, author of The Italian Encounter with Tudor England

"At the end of his poem Dante claims that his 'high imagining failed of power,' but Durling and Martinez have suffered no such fate in completing their translation of the Divine Comedy. Their Paradiso is a crowning achievement, a work of lucid prose and of impeccable accuracy. Readers will find themselves rewarded by the succinct, richly informative notes at the end of each canto and the extended essay-notes at the back of the volume. A splendid accomplishment." --Richard Lansing, editor of The Dante Encyclopedia

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This timeless Christian allegory has become the key with which Western civilization has sought to unlock the mystery fo its own identity. In the Inferno, the first of the Comedy's three parts, Dante is conducted by the spirit of the classical poet Virgil through the nine circles of Hell on the initial stage of his arduous journey toward God.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0195087445
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Illustrated edition (March 6, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 672 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780195087444
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195087444
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1270L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.94 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.76 inches

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Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence. His family, of minor nobility, was not wealthy nor especially distinguished; his mother died when he was a child, his father before 1283. At about the age of 20 he married Gemma Donati, by whom he had three children. Little is known of Dante's formal education-it is likely to have included study with the Dominicans, the Augustinians, and the Franciscans in Florence, and at the university in Bologna. In 1295 he entered Florentine politics and in the summer of 1300 he became one of the six governing Priors of Florence. In 1301, the political situation forced Dante and his party into exile. For the rest of his life he wandered through Italy, perhaps studied at Paris, while depending for refuge on the generosity of various nobles. He continued to write and at some point late in life he took asylum in Ravenna where he completed the Divine Commedia and died, much honoured, in 1321.
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Claudia Gennari Lacerda

excellent annotated version

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I have read a few versions of the Comedia and this one is EXCELLENT. The notes are amazing, the side by side English/italian are very convenient and the translation itself is very good and literal. On the Book itself, there is very little to comment on. Dante's genius is beyond anything else. This book is a must-read (and re-read, re-read, re-read)

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On the many editions out there

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The book was delivered today with minor creases, but in fine condition besides (Amazon should have been more careful with the package and at the very least involved the item in bubble wrap). Now, about this particular edition of the Inferno, I must say that, though good and – as another reviewer put it – distinctly user-friendly, it is neither the best English translation nor the best annotated version of the poem. In terms of poetic effect, H. W. Longfellow's translation is indisputably superior to Durling's, let's say, "poetic prose", even if it's slightly obscure oftentimes (as is Dante's Italian verse) and, consequently, not as user-friendly. And in terms of enlightening commentary and reading support, it seems to me that Robert Hollander's is the best edition out there; I would even say that his translation is more beautiful and sounds better aloud than the one I'm reviewing – but this is just my opinion (read their Look Inside! previews and decide for yourselves). This is not to say Durling's edition is bad, and I guess the "best edition" depends on the reader and his or her objective in reading Dante: for a learned, scholarly reader who is accustomed to knotty periods and subtle historical, religious, mythological and literary references, and who wants to enjoy fine poetry (not to write a college essay or meet some school requeriment), I believe Longfellow's translation is the most appropriated; but if you are inexperienced and not as well-educated as you wish you were (which makes two of us, by the way), choose between Durling's and Hollander's translations/commentaries, with this reviewer giving the latter a slight edge.

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Excellent First introduction to Dante

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I can't comment on the "beauty" or "correctness" of the translation, as I do not have the proper knowledge of Italian, but I will comment on other aspects of this translation that I found particularly helpful.

My background: I read this edition as a part of Stanford's SLE (Structured Liberal Education) program, which is a comprehensive (or as comprehensive as you can get in one year) survey of western philosophy and literature.

This edition has copious notes after every Canto which flesh out the multifaceted complexity of the Inferno. After a single reading of a Canto not only do they help make sense of difficult passages (which of course, abound) but also reveal interprative difficulties which might be easily missed without the proper historical or literary background. These notes (many with references to further reading) cover a range of interpretations and expose the reader to common political, religious, and rhetorical readings.

This text also is printed so the English translation is opposite the original Italian on every page - particularly helpful for a close reading (even if the reader has little or no background in Italian).

I am continuing to read the rest of the Comedia in this translation because I found the Inferno so compelling.

Much like Dante the pilgrim cannot travel through hell alone and needs the assistance of Virgil, this translation guides the reader through the byzantine world of the literary Inferno - hopefully like Dante, to some (if limited) understanding.

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William B. Hart

a new translation. it seems no one totally loves any one translation,

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the same scenes with improvement in the italian translation.
this book in whatever translation you can relate to must be read!
this is my third translation, longfellow's was good, but this is better

non Christian cultures tend to be nihilistic, this is the medicine!

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K. Bryant

Powerfully Researched & Translated

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I’m making a slow read of the Divine Comedy 700 years (nearly to the day) after Dante’s death & am keeping to the Italian as much as possible. Without some smart notes in English one can easily go astray. This text provides welcome accompaniment along the wonderful difficult journey

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John McLoughlin

A monument of lucid scholarship

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The Durling edition is a monument of scholarship. In addition the translation is notably lucid and (as far as a non-Italian speaker can discern) sensitive to the nuance of the orignal text. The translator consistently chooses renderings which convey the sense of the Italian as fully as possible in preference to rendering which are poetic or artful but don't do justice to the original sense. Personally I find this the most helpful approach. Additionally, the book is a deep well of background information which helps one understand more fully the context in which the text was written. Our book group chose this translation after consideration of the full range available and used it to work through the whole Commedia over some years, postponing consideration of Paradiso until Professor Durling's edition became available. We were extremely happy with it.

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Parker E. Monroe II

Marvelous Dante

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One of two assigned translations for a Continuing Education class at Stanford in 2020. An exquisite translation with truly excellent and quite extensive scholarly notes. Left-hand pages in the original old Italian and the right-hand pages in modern English. Printed a really good paper. Highly recommended.

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Mark

Great translation, user-friendly layout

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Great translation, that is immediately next to the original. Very easy to use.

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Dan

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Not for children

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OUP bürgt für Qualität - oder auch nicht!

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Wenn man für einen doch gediegenen Preis ein Buch aus dem Sortiment der OUP ersteht, geht man davon aus, dass man auch ein gediegenes Buch bekommt. Dies ist in diesem Fall leider nicht wirklich gegeben. Der Inhalt ist wirklich hochkarätig - aber die ortographische Realisierung läßt sehr zu wünschen übrig. Die E-book Ausgabe des Werkes strotzt geradezu an Schreibfehlern, was beim Lesen doch ein ziemliches Ärgernis ist.

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Great edition

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Probably the best translation/edit of the Inferno around. Recommended by my Italian professor and he wasn't wrong. This is definitely one to buy.

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While I wish the pages would mirror the languages rather than being in seperate sections, the actual work is a good translation with quality notes and a good intro that make studying Inferno easier.

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