I've always liked Ciardi's translation of Dante. It's very earthy and vivid. Well, the Inferno is anyway.
I've really got to learn to just do the damage and get out of town. It's the 'stay and gloat' that gets me every time.
Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Jul 04, 2009 6:04:07 pm PDT #9517 of 28404
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hayden - Jul 04, 2009 6:04:21 pm PDT #9518 of 28404
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
The John Ciardi translation is peachy.
xpost, and jinx.
Kathy A - Jul 04, 2009 6:13:51 pm PDT #9519 of 28404
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
We used the Ciardi translation in college. It's as good as Hec and Corwood say.
Tom Scola - Jul 04, 2009 6:17:22 pm PDT #9520 of 28404
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The John Ciardi translation is peachy.
It pales in comparison to the Gary Panter version.
Kat - Jul 04, 2009 8:25:38 pm PDT #9521 of 28404
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
We used the Mark Musa version (with cover illustrations done by William Blake, whose illustrations are jaw dropping), which was a very good translation.
Sandow Birk has a modern translation with the most amazing art work -- sort of modern day tweaks on the Dore's illustrations. Amazingly beautiful stuff.
Pix - Jul 04, 2009 8:42:32 pm PDT #9522 of 28404
The status is NOT quo.
Thanks everyone! Kat, at some point I would love a little Dante 101 coffee with you. I feel like I need someone who's taught it recently to help me solidify my understanding of its influence.
Kat - Jul 05, 2009 5:09:12 am PDT #9523 of 28404
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
OH! I've never taught it. I studied it 4 years ago and I talk about it constantly enough that my students ALWYAS opt to read it on their own, but usually the Sandow Birk version. One of my students said she read the Burke version with Wikipedia, constantly checking allusions.
I feel like I need someone who's taught it recently to help me solidify my understanding of its influence.
I needed someone to help me with the references and allusions! We did a very biographically reading of the text (we had read On Monarchy first and La Vita Nuova, which is kickass because the text is composed of poems, usually sonnets, with background about why he wrote it and then HOW he structured it. There's also the creepiest love poetry image ever of Love holding Beatrice in his arms and force feeding her Dante's heart.
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 8:15:54 am PDT #9524 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Nicholas Kristof lists the best kids' books ever. [link] Of the 13 books he lists, exactly one has a female main character. (Unless you want to count Charlotte's Web. Then, two.)
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:18:04 am PDT #9525 of 28404
“Not dead yet!”
His education leaves a lot to be desired.
Hil R. - Jul 05, 2009 8:19:32 am PDT #9526 of 28404
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
In the blog, he mentions that he would have put in Pippi Longstocking if he had more space. He seriously picked Little Lord Faunteroy over Pippi? Or, actually, over Secret Garden?