Dante Translation

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at attbi.com
Sun Mar 9 13:10:11 CST 2003


I've read the translations by Allen Mandelbaum, Mark Musa, and John Ciardi.
By far, the Ciardi translation is the most poetic, and the notes and
diagrams are excellent.  I think it's currently available in a single
volume, too.  Highly recommend it!

Tim


>
> New question:  I received the Divine Comedy as translated by Henry Cary a
> little while ago, and I was wondering if this is considered a good
> translation or not.  And if not, who is a good translator?
>






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