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Inferno (Modern Library Classics)

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ISBN: 034548357X - Inferno (Modern Library Classics)  
Title:Inferno (Modern Library Classics)
Author:Dante
Anthony Esolen (Translator)
Publisher:Modern Library
Type:Book / Mass Market Paperback
Publication Date:25 October, 2005
ISBN / ISBN-13:034548357X  /  9780345483577
List Price:$5.95
Amazon Price:$5.95

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Customer Reviews:

 • Dante For Bigots??
05 May, 2007

Esolen is neither a Dante scholar nor an Italian language/literature specialist. He is an English Teacher at Providence College, a Catholic institution. His retelling of the Divine Comedy is reasonably accurate and quite readable. The problem comes with his notes. They range from the scandalously inadequate to the downright offensive. Esolen has written a number of anti-gay articles for religious publications . This is reflected in his notes where he refers to homosexuality as something like "that most heinous of sins". This is not only offensive in a contemporary publication, but is totally out of tune with Dante himself, who took a much more sympathetic and nuanced approach c.1300 AD. And there are other personal and inappropriate comments. There are many superior translations out there. Mandelbaum's is excellent and has very good notes. Robert and Jean Hollander's is also very fine and the notes are the most extensive and scholarly of all.

- Reviewed by customer ID: A36O2PCIK4YBAO

 • The One To Get
23 February, 2007

Not only is Esolen's translation superb, but his introductory comments and notes are invaluably penetrating. (Disclosure: my Italian allows me to understand only about 30-35% of this book as originally written, so I'm largely relying on others' glowing assessments of Esolen's translation quality.) Do yourself a favor and buy all three volumes (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso) of Esolen's translation, if only for his excellent introductory comments and notes. "To read Dante is a duty; To read him again is a need; To relish him a sign of greatness." -N. Tommaseo

- Reviewed by customer ID: A3JTN7DLFCJ38O


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