description:  SOLD AS SET ONLY"Musa's commentary is thorough and clear . . . recommended." ―Library Journal"Among currently available parallel-text editions, this one certainly has the most elaborate and helpful annotation . . ." ―ChoiceThe publication of the first two volumes of the six-volume 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. The dual-language first volume presents Musa's translation with facing Italian text, and compiled in the second volume is his lifetime study of the Inferno, where Musa examines and discusses the critical commentary of other Dante scholars and presents his own ideas and interpretations.
language: English
title: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy: Inferno. Text & Commentary
titlecomplete: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy: Inferno. Text & Commentary(Two Vol. Set)
characters: Paolo, Beatrice (diverse works), Odysseus, Charon (mythology), Dante Alighieri, Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro), Francesca
genres: Religion, Philosophy, School, Medieval, Poetry, Literature, Italian Literature, Fantasy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 174815
series: La Divina Commedia
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Poetry, awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського
publisher: Indiana University Press