[New-Poetry] Which translation of the Divine Comedy to read?

[Roger Day]

Speaking/reading another language helps in the understanding process.
I taught myself French in order to do so. I've considered learning
Italian as well just to read Dante.

Roger

On 5/12/07, AlMaginnes at aol.com <AlMaginnes at aol.com> wrote:
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> Shows how long it's been since I looked at it. Ciardi's translation has
> always seemed a bit clunky to me, but translation has always been a mystery
> to me, despite the fact that I read an awful lot of poetry in translation
> and once shared a house with a translator.
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