A crazy rabbit hole I followed because I was curious about Dante’s Latin text. It contains the Latin text as well as an English translation. This has been reissued recently by NYRB.ĭante: De Vulgari Eloquentia (Cambridge Medieval Classics), translated by Steven Botterill: This is an essay, written in Latin by Dante, on literary theory. It greatly enhanced my reading of Paradise in particular. Vita Nuova, translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: This is Dante’s poem about Beatrice and I actually read it before the Divine Comedy. It also includes selections from different poems that have been inspired by the Divine Comedy It also comes with the Italian text.ĭante in English, Eric Griffiths and Matthew Reynolds, eds., Penguin: This book is a nice way to sample different translations of Dante. I will use this prose translation the next time I do a complete reread of Dante. Sinclair: This was recommended by a fellow reader on Twitter and I am so glad I bought the complete set. I’ve read that it is also very close to the Italian-he doesn’t take much poetic license, which is the exact reason why I like his Ovid so much. The Divine Comedy, translated by Allen Mandelbaum, Everyman’s Library: I have always loved Mandelbaum’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses so I switched from Kirkpatrick to this translation and found it much more accessible. But I still list it because the notes that go along with the text are excellent. The Divine Comedy, translated by Robin Kirkpatrick, Penguin: I started out with this translation, but I found it tedious and at times downright inaccessible. Part 1: Text DanteFor my last post on the Divine Comedy I thought I would share of list of various resources-translations, essays, books, etc.-that I found helpful and a joy to read along the way. Singleton's edition of the Divine Comedy, of which this is the first part, provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand Dante’s great masterpiece. Singleton's translation of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the Purgatorio. Part 1: Text DanteĬontinuing the paperback edition of Charles S. Part 1: 1: Italian Text and Translation 2: Commentary Dante Singleton's translation of The Divine Comedy, this work provides the English-speaking reader with everything he needs to read and understand the Paradiso. Part 2: Commentary DanteĬontinuing the paperback edition of Charles S.
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