Inferno：the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (Bantam Classics)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Dante Alighieri（阿利盖利·但丁） 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 1982-01
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780553213393
• 定价 29.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 432页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bantam Classics

【内容简介】

InthissuperbtranslationwithanintroductionandcommentarybyAllenMandelbaum,allofDante'svividimages--theearthly,sublime,intellectual,demonic,ecstatic--arerenderedwithmarvelousclaritytoreadlikethewordsofapoetborninourownage.

【作者简介】

DanteAlighieriwasborninFlorence,Italyin1265.HisearlypoetryfallsintothetraditionoflovepoetrythatpassedfromtheProvencaltosuchItalianpoetsasGuidoCavalcanti,Dante'sfriendandmentor.Dante'sfirstmajorworkistheVitaNuova,1293-1294.Thissequenceoflyrics,sonnets,andprosenarrativedescribeshislove,firstearthly,thenspiritual,forBeatrice,whomhehadfirstseenasachildofnine,andwhohaddiedwhenDantewas25.Dantemarriedabout1285,servedFlorenceinbattle,androsetoapositionofleadershipinthebitterfactionalpoliticsofthecity-state.Asoneofthecity'smagistrates,hefounditnecessarytobanishleadersoftheso-called"Black"faction,andhisfriendCavalcanti,wholikeDantewasaprominent"White."ButaftertheBlacksseizedcontrolofFlorencein1301,Dantehimselfwastriedinabsentiaandwasbanishedfromthecityonpainofdeath.HeneverreturnedtoFlorence.WeknowlittleaboutDante'slifeinexile.LegendhasitthathestudiedatParis,butifso,hereturnedtoItaly,forhislastyearswerespentinVeronaandRavenna.InexilehewrotehisConvivio,kindofpoeticcompendiumofmedievalphilosophy,aswellasapoliticaltreatise,Monarchia.HebeganhisComedy(latertobecalledtheDivineComedy)around1307-1308.OnadiplomaticmissiontoVenicein1321,Dantefellill,andreturnedtoRavenna,wherehedied.

AllenMendelbaum'sfiveversevolumesare:Chelmaxions;TheSavantasseofMontparnasse;Journeyman;LeavesofAbsence;andALiedofLetterpress.HisvolumesofversetranslationincludeTheAeneidofVirgil,aUniversityofCaliforniaPressvolume(nowavailablefromBantam)forwhichhewonaNationalBookAward;theInferno,Purgatorio,andParadisovolumesoftheCaliforniaDante(nowavailablefromBantam);TheOdysseyofHomer(nowavailablefromBantam);TheMetamorphosesofOvid,afinalistforthePulitzerPrizeinpoetry;OvidinSicily;SelectedPoemsofGiuseppeUngaretti;SelectedWritingsofSalvatoreQuasimodo;andDavidMariaTuroldo.Mandelbaumisco-editorwithRobertRichardsonJr.ofThreeCenturiesofAmericanPoetry(BantamBooks)and,withYehudaAmichai,oftheeightvolumesoftheJPSJewishPoetrySeries.AfterreceivinghisPh.D.fromColumbia,hewasintheSocietyofFellowsatHarvard.WhilechairmanofthePh.D.programinEnglishattheGraduateCenterofCUNY,hewasavisitingprofessoratWashingtonUniversityinSt.Louis,andattheuniversitiesofHouston,Denver,Colorado,andPurdue.HishonorarydegreesarefromNotreDameUniversity,PurdueUniversity,theUniversityofAssino,andtheUniversityofTorino.HereceivedtheGoldMedalofHonorfromthecityofFlorencein2000,celebratingthe735thanniversaryofDante'sbirth,theonlytranslatortobesohonored;andin2003hereceivedthePresidentofItaly'sawardfortranslation.HeisnowProfessoroftheHistoryofLiteraryCriticismattheUniversityofTurinandtheW.R.KenanProfessorofHumanitiesatWakeForestUniversity.

【目录】

Introduction

INFERNO

Dante in His Age

Dante as Ancient and Modern

Notes