{"product_id":"the-divine-comedy-9781324095545","title":"The Divine Comedy","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Michael Palma's translation of the \u003cem\u003eInferno \u003c\/em\u003eappeared in 2002, it defied the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who had long argued that Dante's intricate \u003cem\u003eterza rima\u003c\/em\u003e form simply could not be rendered in \"rhyme-poor\" English. But Palma's achievement in rhyming tercets was quickly received as a spectacular feat of poetic artistry that was \"accurate . . . admirably clear, and readable\" (Richard Wilbur) and that, \"in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original... comes close to perfection\" (X. J. Kennedy).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, more than two decades later, Palma has applied the same virtuosic attention to the form and flow of the \u003cem\u003ePurgatorio\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eParadiso\u003c\/em\u003e, attending to both the tiniest details and the grand design of the entire \u003cem\u003eCommedia\u003c\/em\u003e and offering a fluid and readable English version that reveals to contemporary readers the sound, sense, and awe-inspiring beauty of Italian literature's greatest poem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324095545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624","brand":"Dante Alighieri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700451111093,"sku":"9781324095545","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ddbff30c-7541-402e-aca7-b9d66de3278e.jpg?v=1728397187","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-divine-comedy-9781324095545","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}