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- Amazon-Verkaufsrang: #4822017 in Bücher
- Abmessungen: 9.45" h x
.59" b x
6.22" l,
1.13 Pfund
- Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
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One of the best literary masterpieces of all time!
Von D. Roberts
To be well read means that you have read the Comedy (at least once). At once haunting, dark and yet grotesquely beautiful, Dante has written for us the definitive Catholic epic poem of hell, purgatory and heaven. Mark Musa is one of the foremost Dante scholars in the world & teaches at the university of Indiana. His footnotes & commentaries are exceptional, a trademark that is not only a luxury but is, in fact, a necessity when it comes to Dante. I would recommend everyone read not just the Inferno, but all three canticles of the Comedy as a whole. One cannot truly understand everything in Inferno without reading thru the entire poem (including Purgatory and Paradise). Would also admonish that anyone interested in this work begin with Virgil's Aeneid and also read some Homer, Plato & Aristotle as well as some Roman history for a rough background of the work. Be advised that the bard expects you to have read everything he has so that you will catch all of his allusions. Once again, this is where Musa's footnotes come in handy, but there is still no substitute for actually reading thru the primary texts that serve as the foundation of this work. Also, would advise that one read the short work, La Vita Nuova (The New Life) before reading the Comedy, as it is basically a prologue to his epic. It will also help make more sense re: the pilgrim's near-obsessive love that he has for Beatrice. This is truly one of the great epic poems ever written and it positions Dante right up there with Homer, Goethe & Virgil.
0 von 0 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich.Obviously someone missed the point on this fine translation
Von Ein Kunde
This is one of the greatest pieces of literature ever produced and has provided much spiritual influence to people worldwide for hundreds of years. Mr. Musa's translation is first-rate. But I cannot believe that, of all the things the reader from San Francisco on 9/28/99 COULD have said about this superior translation, he/she chose to focus on the translator's use of the word "fart". This is a completely infantile response in light of the more edifying comments that could have been made concerning Dante's work and Mr. Musa's translation thereof. To quote the sign at the entrance to Hell, 'Abandon hope, all Ye who enter here.'
0 von 0 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich.The most wonderful translation I have read.
Von Ein Kunde
This translation is a masterpiece! It kept me up all night with it's artful horror, and yet kept me in awe by Dante's great skill and tecnique! No other translation to me knowladge comes close!
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