Purgatory (Modern Library Classics)
Praise for Anthony Esolen’s translation ofInferno:“Professor Esolen’s translation of Dante’sInfernois the best one I have seen. . . . And his endnotes and other additions provoke answers to almost any question that could arise about the work.”—A. Kent Hieatt, translator ofThe Canterbury Tales“Esolen’s brilliant translation captures the power and the spirit of a poem that does not easily give up its secrets.”—Robert Royal, president, Faith and Reason Institute“Anthony Esolen’s new translation follows Dante through all his spectacular range, commanding where he is commanding, wrestling, as he does, with the density and darkness in language and in the soul. It is living writing.”—James Richardson, Princeton University