false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166676681m/15645.jpg 15645 178 The one quality that all classic works of literature share is their timelessness. Shakespeare still plays in Peoria 400 years after his death because the stories he dramatized resonate in modern readers' hearts and minds; methods of warfare have changed quite a bit since the Trojan War described by Homer in his <I>Iliad</I>, but the passions and conflicts that shaped such warriors as Achilles, Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Odysseus still find their counterparts today on battlefields from Bosnia to Afghanistan. Likewise, a little travel guide to hell written by the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri in the 13th century remains in print at the end of the 20th century, and it continues to speak to new generations of readers. There have been countless translations of the <I>Inferno</I>, but this one by poet Robert Pinsky is both eloquent and tailored to our times. <p> Yes, this is an epic poem, but don't let that put you off. An excellent introduction provides context for the work, while detailed notes on each canto are a virtual who's who of 13th-century Italian politics, culture, and literature. Best of all, Pinsky's brilliant translation communicates the horror, despair, and terror of hell with such immediacy, you can almost smell the sulfur and feel the heat from the rain of fire as Dante--led by his faithful guide Virgil--descends lower and lower into the pit. Dante's journey through Satan's kingdom must rate as one of the great fictional travel tales of all time, and Pinsky does it great justice. 2377563 book 1308 La Divina Commedia: Inferno total:10002|5:3519|4:3598|3:2219|2:536|1:130| 10002 39846 14057 744 34390 0808509578 9780808509578 140 19 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168557347m/34390.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34390.Inferno_The_Divine_Comedy 5 7 false Thu May 07 00:00:00 -0800 1908 Wed May 07 11:01:26 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 11:24:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 15645 0812970063 9780812970067 6341 350 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166676681m/15645.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15645.Inferno 5 5 false Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 17:38:10 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 18:16:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 306150 0451527984 9780451527981 861 66 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173582786m/306150.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/306150.The_Inferno 5 3 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Wed Aug 06 20:43:14 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 20:53:21 -0700 2008 569284 0451628047 9780451628046 166 13 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223662692m/569284.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/569284.The_Inferno 1 3 false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 12:58:15 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 13:08:24 -0800 2009
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This is seriously the best translation of The Inferno that I can imagine. Of course, I don't know Italian, so I c...more...]]> 591221 0374524521 9780374524524 121 16 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176081249m/591221.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/591221.The_Inferno_of_Dante_Bilingual_Edition 4 1 false Thu Feb 07 18:28:20 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 18:52:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 15645 0812970063 9780812970067 6341 350 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166676681m/15645.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15645.Inferno 4 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 29 17:14:44 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 17:17:53 -0800 2008 1
Hell is a very exciting place. While I'm sure a huge portion of it was over my head and I should reread it, I still managed to understand basically what was going on.

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Dante's Inferno is a lot of different things: It's the text that legitimized Italian as a worthy literary language. It's a piece of proselytizing propaganda that intended to terrify the masses into good Catholic ...more...]]> 15645 0812970063 9780812970067 6341 350 3.98 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166676681m/15645.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15645.Inferno 2 0 false Thu Jan 22 18:19:10 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 09:38:26 -0800 2009
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