Inferno
By: Dante Alighieri ; a new verse translation by Michael Palma.
Contributors: Palma, Michael, 1945-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Description: "In a market crowded with translations of Dante's poetic masterpiece, Michael Palma sets himself apart. He has rendered Inferno into contemporary American English while maintaining Dante's original triple-rhyme scheme. Unlike every known translator before him, Palma re-creates Inferno in all its dimensions, without emphasizing some aspects over others. The result is a translation that can be appreciated for its literal faithfulness and beautiful poetic form.".

"Palma is a poet who often uses traditional forms, and he is a translator who works to preserve the poetic form of the original. In undertaking a triple-rhyme translation of Inferno, Palma defies the conventional wisdom of literary commentators, who have long argued that it cannot be done." "The translation is accompanied by facing-page Italian and by explanatory notes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: English and Italian.