![]() ![]() It is believed that The Divine Comedy - comprised of three canticles, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso - was written between 13. His first major work is La Vita Nuova (1292) an exercise in sonnet form constructed as a tribute to Beatrice Portinari, the great love of his life. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text.ĭante Alighieri (1265-1321), scion of a Florentine family, mastered in the art of lyric poetry at an early age. 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. This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. ![]() An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno 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. ![]()
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