This vigorous translation 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.
An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri\'s The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the originalA Penguin Classic This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante\'s simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse.
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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 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.
An acclaimed translation of Dante Alighieri\'s The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the originalA Penguin Classic This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante\'s simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse