The divine comedy audiobook by clive james translator. The divine comedy inferno audible audiobook unabridged. Book awards book club selections books by author books by series. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Hear dantes inferno read aloud by influential poet. Dantes political activism resulted in his being exiled from florence, and he. As an audio book, there are obviously no notes or explanations of the text. Now, i am finishing the divine comedy for the 3rd time.
I should give a quick intro and say that i rarely ever, ever reread a book. The paperback of the the inferno john ciardi translation by dante alighieri at barnes. Dante s inferno audio dramatization featuring corin. Dantes poem is celebrated as one of the treasures of world literature but it is not very accessible. Its control was a prize worth fighting for, and the florentines were nothing loth to. The inferno signet classics dante alighieri, edward m. I should also mention that 3 years ago i had never cracked dante s divine comedy. Canto 1 of dantes inferno translated by john ciardi youtube. A text with the clarity and sobriety of a firstrate prose translation which at the same. This book is one of my favorites, the translation is excellent especially if you are a. The inferno dante alighieri translated by john ciardi with an introduction by. I read both the john ciardi translation in verse rhyming for the first and third lines in each stanza. Here, we have one reading of cantos iviii of the inferno by poet john ciardi, from his translation of the poem for a signet classics edition. The inferno signet classics dante alighieri, john ciardi, archibald t.
The paradiso dante s ultimate vision of universal harmony and eternal salvation by translated by. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Canto 1 of dante s inferno translated by john ciardi exponential growth. The italian version is also available when you want to just read the italian purely for the sound of verse. Poet during his day made his recording in 1954 for smithsonian folkways records, and the liner notes of the lp, which you can download here, contain the excerpted verse rendering for the modern reader. And although a listener will probably enjoy the presentation without them, i like to keep a hard copy of the divine comedy translated by john ciardi with excellent notes that i can refer to as needed in order to better appreciate and understand the audio book. And i have foregone the use of dantes triple rhyme because it seemed clear that. His original text is exquisite in both sound and substance, and the best.
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