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Inferno

By Dante
Series: The Divine Comedy
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Dante's Inferno presents a vivid journey through Hell, where sin is not only judged but deeply examined to foster understanding. This new verse translation by Anthony Esolen brilliantly blends poetic integrity with philosophical depth, capturing the energy of each line while illuminating the allegorical and theological framework that shapes the narrative. It reveals Hell as a work of divine art, inviting readers to engage with the profound spiritual and moral questions at its core.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This edition is ideal for general readers, students, and teachers interested in classic literature, poetry, and theological studies. Its comprehensive notes and accessible verse make it a valuable resource for those seeking both enjoyment and deeper understanding of Dante's seminal work.

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This groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante's masterpiece includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendices that reproduce Dante's key sources and influences.

An extraordinary new verse translation of Dante's masterpiece, by poet, scholar, and lauded translator Anthony Esolen.

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Anthony Esolen's translation of Inferno is the most comprehensive and definitive edition available in mass market format, yielding an edition that will be as popular with general readers as with teachers and students.

An extraordinary new verse translation of Dante's masterpiece, by poet, scholar, and lauded translator Anthony Esolen.

Of the great poets, Dante is one of the most elusive and therefore one of the most difficult to adequately render into English verse. In the Inferno, Dante not only judges sin but strives to understand it so that the reader can as well. With this major new translation, Anthony Esolen has succeeded brilliantly in marrying sense with sound, poetry with meaning, capturing both the poem's line-by-line vigour and its allegorically and philosophically exacting structure, yielding an Inferno that will be as popular with general readers as with teachers and students. For, as Dante insists, without a trace of sentimentality or intellectual compromise, even Hell is a work of divine art.

Esolen also provides a critical introduction and endnotes, plus appendices containing Dante's most important sources—from Virgil to Saint Thomas Aquinas and other Catholic theologians—that deftly illuminate the religious universe the poet inhabited.

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Praised for its sensitive and vivid language, Anthony Esolen's translation brings Dante's conversations and dramatic vision to life. James Richardson commends its verbal inventiveness and sense of immediacy, while A. Kent Hieatt highlights the use of unrhymed blank verse for preserving meaning and the informative endnotes that address a wide range of reader questions. Together, these endorsements affirm the translation's scholarly rigor and accessibility.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780345483577

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 October 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: Modern Library Inc

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Gustave Dore
  • Translated by Anthony Esolen
  • Translated by Anthony Esolen
  • Illustrated by Gustave Dore
  • Translated by Anthony Esolen
  • Illustrated by Gustave Dore

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 105.0mm

Height: 175.0mm

Weight: 255g

Pages: 560

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Arts & Culture Classic Poetry Dante Non-Fiction Penguin Books Poetry Series: The Divine Comedy

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The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices.

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