The Inferno

A New Verse Translation

Dante Alighieri, Peter Thornton

• Publisher: Arcade
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781948924221
• eBook ISBN:
  9781628727487
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

This enthralling new translation of Dante's Inferno "immediately joins ranks with the very best" (Richard Lansing). 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.The product of decades of passionate dedication and research, his translation has been hailed by the leading Dante scholars on both sides of the Atlantic as exceptional in its accuracy, spontaneity, and vividness. Those qualities and its detailed notes explaining Dante's world and references make it both accessible for individual readers and perfect for class adoption.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Translator’s Preface
• Inferno
• Canto I
• Canto II
• Canto III
• Canto IV
• Canto V
• Canto VI
• Canto VII
• Canto VIII
• Canto IX
• Canto X
• Canto XI
• Canto XII
• Canto XIII
• Canto XIV
• Canto XV
• Canto XVI
• Canto XVII
• Canto XVIII
• Canto XIX
• Canto XX
• Canto XXI
• Canto XXII
• Canto XXIII
• Canto XXIV
• Canto XXV
• Canto XXVI
• Canto XXVII
• Canto XXVIII
• Canto XXIX
• Canto XXX
• Canto XXXI
• Canto XXXII
• Canto XXXIII
• Canto XXXIV
• Works Cited
• Biographical Note on Dante