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Dante's Inferno: A verse translation

Dante's Inferno: A verse translation

by SeanO'Brien (Author)

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    Hardcover 2006

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Synopsis

Sean O'Brien's new translation of the Inferno is destined to become the standard English text for many years to come. It is the most fluent, grippingly readable version of Dante's poem yet, and - with all the consummate technical skill that is the hallmark of O'Brien' own poetry - manages the near-impossible task of preserving the subtle power and lyric nuance of the Italian original, while seeking out an entirely natural English music. No other version has so vividly expressed the horror, cruelty, beauty and outrageous imaginative flight of Dante's original vision.

Praise for Sean O'Brien:

'His work is elegiac and satirical, interested in history, politics and the imagination' Independent on Sunday

'A poet of unabashed political engagement, wit and humour' Guardian

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 272
 Edition: Main Market
 Publisher: Picador
Published: 20 Oct 2006
ISBN 10: 0330441108
ISBN 13: 9780330441100

Media Reviews
What drew such disparate poets as Amy Clampitt, W. S. Merwin, Sharon Olds, Galway Kinnell, Mark Strand, C.K. Williams, and Alfred Corn into the translating project? The glory of the poem itself, the grand enterprise of making a work written 700 years ago beautiful for a new generation. -- Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, Editor, The New York Times Book Review Many hands have made, in the present case, not light but lasting work. -- James Merrill It seems right that Dante would provide such an unusual meeting ground of cultures, eras, and writers: his voice took in many voices. Curious, questing, and provocative, this literary project should be a signpost to anyone who cares about language. -- Publisbers Weekly Virgil's design for Dante, that he will 'grow used/to the sad stench, ' for 'after a short while/human senses numb, ' does not extend to this volume's readers; our senses are continually jostled and primed by the unexpected shifts in style. -- The New Yorker
Author Bio
Sean O'Brien's poetry has received numerous awards, including the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Forward Prize (three times), the E.M Forster Award and the Roehampton Poetry Prize. His Collected Poems appeared in 2012. Europa is his ninth collection. His work has been published in several languages. His novel Once Again Assembled Here was published in 2016. He is also a critic, editor, translator, playwright and broadcaster. Born in London, he grew up in Hull. He is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.