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Divine Comedy

Postby bruce n h » August 25th, 2008, 7:35 pm

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Postby repectabiggle » August 25th, 2008, 7:58 pm

Hi bruce,

Not sure how much you've been able to see of the book itself, but you can read some of it with Google Books and at Amazon .

I. . .guess it's Lindskoog's translation. I can't find anything that says otherwise. I wouldn't bother with any prose translation, personally, but I certainly wouldn't read any edition that has some pages 1/4 text and 3/4 footnotes. Ugh.

Actually, I lie, since the edition of the Pearl Poet's works that I'm reading is like that. But that's in Middle English, and it's the best edition I could find.

Anyway, I've read a few translations of Dante, and while I can't say how they relate to the original Italian, I do like Anthony Esolen's translation and Allen Mandelbaum's.

Hope that helps at all.
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Postby ABC » October 2nd, 2008, 6:37 pm

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Re: Divine Comedy

Postby cyranorox » February 27th, 2009, 4:39 pm

Sayers' is wonderful, and I doubt you will find better, if you like her high, brisk, lively English. More importantly, she is a believer, and thus comes with an understanding that informs her choices. Esolen is, sort of, but imho he's a classic Christianity-And case, the And being buttheaded wingnut views. I like Merwin's, and I don't know his views.
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