01830cam a2200301 i 4500 390678755 TxAuBib 20190910120000.0 190715s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781948924221 17.99 1948924226 17.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda eng ita Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. The Inferno [BOOK] : a new verse translation / Dante Alighieri ; translation by Peter Thornton. First North American paperback edition. New York, NY : Arcade Publishing, 2019. xv, 296 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "First published by Barbican Press in Great Britain in 2016" -Title page verso. One of the world's transcendent literary masterpieces, the Inferno tells the timeless story of Dante's journey through the nine circles of hell, guided by the poet Virgil, when in midlife he strays from his path in a dark wood. In this vivid verse translation into contemporary English, Peter Thornton makes the classic work fresh again for a new generation of readers. Recognizing that the Inferno was, for Dante and his peers, not simply an allegory but the most realistic work of fiction to date, he points out that hell was a lot like Italy of Dante's time. Thornton's translation captures the individuals represented, landscapes, and psychological immediacy of the dialogues as well as Dante's poetic effects. Provided by publisher. 20190910. Hell Poetry. Poetry. Thornton, Peter, (translator of Dante and Petrarch), translator.