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A masterfully lyrical translation of the complete Commedia that brings Dante's famous terza rima to contemporary readers.

Michael Palma's translation of the Inferno reproduces in contemporary English Dante's intricate triple-rhyming terza rima form, defying the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who long argued that it simply cannot be done. This spectacular feat of poetic artistry- "accurate ... admirably clear, and readable" (Richard Wilbur)-"in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original ... comes close to perfection" (X.J. Kennedy).

Richard Wilbur praises Palma's translation as "accurate as to sense, fully rhymed, and easy, as a rule, in its movement through the tercets. Readers will find it admirably clear and readable." The text is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.Also included in this edition are an illuminating introduction by Giuseppe Mazzotta, a Translator's Note, The Plan of Dante's Hell, and six maps and illustrations."Criticism" provides twelve int...