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The Portable Dante

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ISBN13: 9780140231144
ISBN10: 0140231145
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Dante Alighieri paved the way for modern literature, while creating verse and prose that remain unparalleled for formal elegance, intellectual depth, and emotional grandeur. The Portable Dante contains complete verse translations of Dante's two masterworks, The Divine Comedy and La Vita Nuova, as well as a bibliography, notes, and an introduction by eminent scholar and translator Mark Musa.

Translated and edited by Mark Musa.

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The scope and fire of Dante's genius in a single volume

About the Author

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), stands alongside Homer and Shakespeare as one of the most important poets of the Western literary tradition.

Mark Musa, Distinguished Professor of French and Italian at Indiana University, is best known for his translations of Dante and the poetry of the Middle Ages.

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ISBN:: 9780140231144
Subtitle:: Revised Edition
Editor:: Musa, Mark
Author:: Milano, Paolo
Author:: Dante Alighieri
Author:: Binyon, Laurence
Author:: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Translator:: Musa, Mark
Author:: Musa, Mark
Publisher:: Penguin Books
Location:: New York, N.Y. :
Subject:: General
Subject:: Poetry
Subject:: Continental european
Subject:: Ancient, Classical & Medieval
Subject:: Single Author - Italian
Subject:: Dante alighieri, 1265-1321
Subject:: Dante Alighieri
Subject:: General Fiction
Subject:: Classics
Edition Description:: Revised
Series Volume:: 86-1e
Publication Date:: 19950401
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 704
Dimensions:: 7.77x5.06x1.35 in. .98 lbs.

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