“What can one say about Dante's Inferno, a poem that has been around for 700 years... that used Italian--a secular language, instead of the authoritative Latin of teh Church--to relate Dante's trip to hell and back? I can say that this translation, by Robert and Jean Hollander is delgihtful to read. It is not perhaps the most "poetic" of translations, but it is true to Dante's own words as well as his spirit. You know how i know? The text provides facing Engish/Italian texts, so that you can...”

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