{"product_id":"9780142437223-the-divine-comedy","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInferno\u003cbr\u003eA rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell. It re-creates for the modern reader the meanings that the poem had for Dante's contemporaries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno\u003c\/i\u003e that retains all the style, power and meaning of the original, this Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Italian with an introduction by Mark Musa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis vigorous translation of \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of hell recreates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDante Alighieri (1265-1321), scion of a Florentine family, mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. His first major work is \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e (1292) an exercise in sonnet form constructed as a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. It is believed that \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e - comprised of three canticles, \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadiso\u003c\/i\u003e - was written between 1308 and 1320.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed the \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e you might like Giovanni Boccaccio's \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Musa operates on the principle that a translator's first duty is to render the original text as exactly as possible without compromising the literary quality of the work . [This is] the best English-language version of the \u003ci\u003eInferno \u003c\/i\u003ecurrently available'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56592286581110,"sku":"9780142437223","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32414640.jpg?v=1762259682","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780142437223-the-divine-comedy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}