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[zana16]

I've been reading The Dante Club and now want to re-read the Divine Comedy. Problem being, my books are in my dad's attic, and not only is my dad not home, I'm also fighting with him.

Today I sent a very cute, cheerful card to him that opens up to say "Just wanted to let you know I'm still mad at you." Passive aggressive R Us! He's going to want to talk about it, but I don't want to talk about it; the only way to make it right is for him to quit being a jerk, and that's not going to happen. Em suggested the card, and if there was a slightly hysterical edge to my laughter, she was kind enough to ignore it.

So. No Dante, because I don't remember which translation we used when I read it at college, and I really liked the translation. I did email the Western Classics professor -- not that he'll remember me, it was nine years ago and I was an average student at best in his class -- but he was a technophobe then and I'll bet he still is.

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[ambermoon.livejournal.com]

We took that class together, and I bet I can find my books before David Ball gets back to you :)

(As I recall there were two translators - a former poet laureate did Inferno, then we were stuck with a very literal, dry translation of the remaining volumes. Best literary insult ever came from Prof. Ball - he said, "The only way you can tell it's poetry is that the lines don't go to the edge of the page.")

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

I recommend the Mandelbaum translation. His Ovid is also good.

[erushi.livejournal.com]

I love 'The Dante Club'. I think it's quite possibly my favourite of Pearl's books thus far. Have you read the others?

Seconding the Mandelbaum version too, by the by. Though I might be biased, since that's the one I have back home. *g*