Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Bang, Mary Jo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The second installment in Mary Jo Bang's exhilarating, innovative translation of Dante's The Divine Comedy

Award-winning poet Mary Jo Bang's new translation of Purgatorio is the extraordinary continuation of her journey with Dante, which began with her transformative version of Inferno. In Purgatorio, still guided by the Roman poet Virgil, Dante emerges from the horrors of Hell to begin the climb up Mount Purgatory, a seven-terrace mountain with each level devoted to those atoning for one of the seven deadly sins. At the summit, we find the Terrestrial Heaven and Beatrice-who will take over for Virgil, who, as a pagan, can only take Dante so far. During the climb, we are introduced to the myriad ways in which humans destroy the social fabric through pride, envy, and vindictive anger.

In her signature lyric style, accompanied by her wise and exuberant notes, Bang has produced a stunning translation of this fourteenth-century text, rich with references that span time, languages, and cultures. The contemporary allusions echo the audacious character of the original, and slyly insist that whatever was true in Dante's era is still true. Usain Bolt, Tootsie Fruit Chews, the MGM logo, Leo the Lion, Amy Winehouse, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, and Gertrude Stein are among those who make cameo appearances as Bang, with eloquence and daring, shepherds The Divine Comedy into the twenty-first century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Graywolf Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781644451502
• Artikelnr.: 61802996

Autorenporträt

Dante Alighieri; Translated from the Italian by Mary Jo Bang

Rezensionen

"There is nothing middle-of-the-road about D. M. Black s version of the middle book of Dante s Divine Comedy. The translator s every step is sure, evincing not only his sensitive ear for the cadences of blank verse but also his profound insight into the psychology of the poet as well as of his shades. Black shows great respect for Dante as both a craftsman and a thinker, and in so doing serves the reader as a uniquely competent guide to 'that Mountain where the blade of Reason probes us.'" National Translation Award in Poetry Shortlist

A great work of art like The Divine Comedy carries in it what readers in successive generations feel to be its modernity : what it says to us, now. David Black, a poet and psychoanalyst, by his translation, introduction, and notes, helps us into that enormous benefit. He enables Dante into our present lives. David Constantine

David Black s Purgatorio offers fresh insight into Dante s poetry. We encounter a Dante whose psychological acumen is surprisingly relevant to us today. We are invited to read the Purgatorio as a journey of discovery: Dante s discovery of his gifts and limitations; and through that, our discovery of resources that can help us address some of the pressing challenges of our time. Vittorio Montemaggi

David Black s translation of the Purgatorio unites psychological insight and intuitive understanding with scholarship and love of language. Ronald Britton

[Dante s] art and its truths feel more necessary than ever: that greater love for others is an antidote to the world s barbarities, that evil may be understood as a sin against love, and that a soul can t hope to dispel its anguish without first plumbing it. . . . D.M. Black s Purgatory is the most satisfying since [W.S.] Merwin s. . . [A] thoughtful rendering. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker

The Inferno has long been more widely read than the Purgatorio. . . The Purgatorio, however, is a more satisfying whole. The structure is more meaningful, the verbal music more delicate and, above all, it is more human. . . . Both in this translation and in his afterword, [D.M.] Black shows us why Dante matters, and how, 700 years after his death, he can still help us to understand what may give meaning to our own lives. Robert Chandler, Financial Times

People who haven t read Dante will find D. M. Black s translation of Purgatorio a revelation. Those who know the Commedia already will find it a valuable addition to established versions. . . What s immediately obvious is how much more propulsive Black s version is. His syntax doesn t pause at line endings, it catapults us over them. Edmund Prestwich, London Grip

Black s translation is well worth reading for its beauties as well as its fidelity to Dante s text and intentions. It joins the array of worthy Purgatorio translations, which is more than making up for the first five hundred years of little or nothing to choose from. Andrew Frisardi, Plough Quarterly