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The Inferno

By Dante
Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander

By Dante
Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander

By Dante
Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander

By Dante
Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander

By Dante
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Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander

By Dante
Read by Dominic Hoffman
Translated by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander

Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry

Category: Poetry | Audiobooks

Paperback $18.00

Jan 08, 2002 | 736 Pages

Ebook $13.99

Jul 11, 2012 | 736 Pages

Audiobook Download $15.00

Jul 11, 2017 | 281 Minutes

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    About The Inferno

    The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work of world literature.

    About The Inferno

    The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work of world literature.

    About The Inferno

    The epic grandeur of Dante’s masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante’s epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander’s own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work of world literature.

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    About Dante

    Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in 1265. His early poetry falls into the tradition of love poetry that passed from the Provencal to such Italian poets as Guido Cavalcanti, Dante’s friend and mentor. Dante’s first major work is… More about Dante

    About Dante

    Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in 1265. His early poetry falls into the tradition of love poetry that passed from the Provencal to such Italian poets as Guido Cavalcanti, Dante’s friend and mentor. Dante’s first major work is… More about Dante

    About Dante

    Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in 1265. His early poetry falls into the tradition of love poetry that passed from the Provencal to such Italian poets as Guido Cavalcanti, Dante’s friend and mentor. Dante’s first major work is… More about Dante

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 08, 2002 | 736 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385496988

    Category: Poetry

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jul 11, 2012 | 736 Pages | ISBN 9780345803108

    Category: Poetry | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 11, 2017 | 281 Minutes | ISBN 9780525524120

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    Praise

    “The most accessible and the closest to the Italian…with ample commentary easily and unobtrusively available at the end of each Canto.”–Tim Parks, The New Yorker

    “The Hollanders…act as latter-day Virgils, guiding us through the Italian text that is printed on the facing page.”–The Economist

    “Probably the most finely accomplished and may well prove the most enduring…. The annotation…is crowded with useful insights and bits of information and keeps us abreast of scholarly opinion across the ages.”–R.W.B. Lewis, Los Angeles Times Book Review

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