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Overview
Unlike every known translator before him, Michael Palma re-creates Dante's masterpiece in all its dimensions, without emphasizing some aspects over others, rendering Inferno into contemporary American English while maintaining Dante's original triple rhyme scheme. The result is a translation that can be appreciated for its literal faithfulness and beautiful poetic form, accompanied by facing-page Italian and explanatory notes. "A superb translation; highly recommended."--Library Journal "I find Michael Palma's Inferno to be one that I'm having a hard time improving."--Lawrence Ferlinghetti "I think highly of Michael Palma's Inferno....Readers will find it admirably clear and readable."--Richard Wilbur
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- ISBN-13: 9780393323870
- ISBN-10: 0393323870
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: March 2003
- Dimensions: 8.18 x 5.56 x 1.03 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.02 pounds
- Page Count: 416
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