Nnndante's inferno audio book translated by mark musa bocah

As part of a projected sixvolume edition of the divine comedy, musa indiana univ. Dante s divine comedy has been translated maybe 1,000 times with varying success and now robert pinsky has dared to try by translating the first book, the inferno, and has produced an eminently readable and successful translation. We are digital publishers of englishlanguage islamic audio books, stories and hadith for children. We use the power of storytelling to help kids experience the. Mark musa is distinguished professor of french and italian at the center for italian studies. Musa s verse translation is accurate but flattens dante s poetry and diction. I really loved robert pinskys translation of the inferno, for readability. This vigorous translation of inferno preserves dantes simple, natural. Describing dantes descent into hell midway through his life with virgil as a guide, inferno depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned. Ive only read one, but mark musas penguin classics translation.

Dante alighieri introduction by mark musa translated by mark musa notes by mark musa. The publication of the first two volumes of the sixvolume divine comedy brings readers mark musa s vivid verse translation of the inferno. Musa has revised his earlier version, long cited as the most accessible and reliable of the english translations. Dante alighieri 1265 21, translated by henry wadsworth longfellow 1807 1882 the divine comedy italian. In his translation of paradise, mark musa exhibits the same sensitivity to language. Mark musas blank verse rendition of the poets journey through the. A new verse translation and millions of other books are available for instant access. Musa s translation is in fluent, colloquial verse that aims for the speed and rhythm of the original though not the form. Inferno that retains all the style, power and meaning of the original a penguin classic this vigorous translation of inferno preserves dante s simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original italian verse.