Dante's Inferno

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Halpern is the author of eight collections of poetry and editor of numerous anthologies, most recently The Art of the Story . He has received numerous grants and awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Klappentext A new telling of Dante's Inferno , this translation is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of the famous poem yet, and—with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of Sean O'Brien's own poetry—manages the near-impossible task of preserving the subtle power and lyric nuance of the Italian original, while seeking out an entirely natural English music. No other version has so vividly expressed the horror, cruelty, beauty, and outrageous imaginative flight of Dante's original vision. Zusammenfassung A new telling of Dante's Inferno ! this translation is the most fluent! grippingly readable version of the famous poem yet! and—with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of Sean O'Brien's own poetry—manages the near-impossible task of preserving the subtle power and lyric nuance of the Italian original! while seeking out an entirely natural English music. No other version has so vividly expressed the horror! cruelty! beauty! and outrageous imaginative flight of Dante's original vision.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Dante Alighieri, D. Halpern, Dan Halpern
• Verlag: Ecco Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.1994
• EAN: 9780880013734
• ISBN: 978-0-88001-373-4
• Seiten: 216
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Historical romance, Historical fiction, Poetry, Italy, Fiction: general and literary, Spirituality and religious experience, Relating to religious groups, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Romance: fantasy and paranormal, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Romance / Fantasy, POETRY: POETS: C TO I, FICTION: Religious, FICTION: Classics, FICTION: Christian / Romance / Historical, FICTION: Christian / Historical, POETRY: Ancient & Classical, FICTION: Christian / Fantasy, POETRY: European / Italian, Classic fiction: general and literary, Poetry / Poets: C to I