The Inferno -- Dante Alighieri

The epic grandeur of Dante's masterpiece has inspired readers for 700 years, and<i> </i>has entered the human imagination. But the further we move from the late medieval world of Dante, the more a rich understanding and enjoyment of the poem depends on knowledgeable guidance. Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher of Dante, and Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, have written a beautifully accurate and clear verse translation of the first volume of Dante's epic poem, the Divine Comedy. Featuring the original Italian text opposite the translation, this edition also offers an extensive and accessible introduction and generous commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship as well as Robert Hollander's own decades of teaching and research. The Hollander translation is the new standard in English of this essential work of world literature.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Dante<br><b>Publisher:</b> Anchor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 01/08/2002<br><b>Pages:</b> 736<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.20lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.44w x 1.31d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780385496988<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p>Robert Hollander taught Dante's <i>Divine Comedy </i>to Princeton students for forty-two years, and is the author of a dozen books and more than seventy articles on Dante, Boccaccio, and other Italian authors. He is Professor in European Literature Emeritus at Princeton and the founding director of both the Dartmouth Dante Project and the Princeto