Book : The Inferno Of Dante A New Verse Translation (english

-Titulo Original : The Inferno Of Dante A New Verse Translation (english And Italian Edition)

-Fabricante :

Farrar, Straus And Giroux

-Descripcion Original:

This widely praised version of Dantes masterpiece, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award of the Academy of American Poets, is more idiomatic and approachable than its many predecessors. Former U.S. Poet Laureate Pinsky employs slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve Dantes terza rima form without distorting the flow of English idiom. The result is a clear and vigorous translation that is also unique, student-friendly, and faithful to the original: A brilliant success, as Bernard Knox wrote in The New York Review of Books. Review “Splendid . . . Pinskys verse translation is fast-paced, idiomatic, and accurate. It moves with the concentrated gait of a lyric poem . . . It maintains the originals episodic and narrative velocity while mirroring its formal shape and character . . . Pinsky succeeds in creating a supple American equivalent for Dantes vernacular music where many others have failed.” Edward Hirsch, The New Yorker “Pinskys rare gifts as a poet, a wild imagination disciplined by an informed commitment to technical mastery, are superbly well suited to the Infernos immense demands. Pinsky has managed to capture the poems intense individuality, passion, and visionary imagery. This translation is wonderfully alert to Dantes strange blend of fierceness and sympathy, clear-eyed lucidity and heart-stopping wonder. It is now the premier modern text for readers to experience Dantes power.” Stephen Greenblatt “A new translation of Dantes classic poem uses slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve the original terza rima form without distorting the English meaning, providing a lively and faithful rendition of the poem. ” Ingram About the Author A former Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. He teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University and has also taught at the University of California at Berkeley. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.