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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
I love Inferno, was mildly interested in Purgatorio, and didn't read Paradiso.
Note to self, re: translation shopping:
Pinsky (recommended by Sean, terse, grim, modern)
Longfellow (mentioned in lecture by Prof. Kennedy as one of the best translations, flowery & dense)
Sayers (recommended by Prof. Stewart, pub. by Penguin)
Singleton (recommended by Prof. Stewart as seminal scholarly translation)
Pinsky (recommended by Sean, terse, grim, modern)
Longfellow (mentioned in lecture by Prof. Kennedy as one of the best translations, flowery & dense)
Sayers (recommended by Prof. Stewart, pub. by Penguin)
Singleton (recommended by Prof. Stewart as seminal scholarly translation)
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I know this is a classic, but I think that to read this you'll need to analyse this with a whole host of other source material because the symbolism is no longer part of modern language. As such, I'm never going to read it. Forced my way through a quarter before I reached that conclusion.
muito pesada a leitura, e referencia muitos nomes de Florença que não fazem parte da cultura, fazendo com que tenhas que ir às notas de rodapé o tempo todo.
mas é interessante para se ver alguns dos pensamentos existentes na época.
mas é interessante para se ver alguns dos pensamentos existentes na época.
Fue una verdadera experiencia leer esta obra.
Me sorprende la habilidad de descripción de Dante tan detallado del infierno, purgatorio y paraíso.
Me costó mucho esta lectura, pero creo que si valió la pena terminarla.
Me sorprende la habilidad de descripción de Dante tan detallado del infierno, purgatorio y paraíso.
Me costó mucho esta lectura, pero creo que si valió la pena terminarla.
Rating the reading experience here, not the unquestionable significance of this book both literary and historical.
A classic, but Purgatorio and Paradiso do not hold up to Inferno.
Requires a lot of focus and knowledge of the historical figures mentioned to be anything approaching comprehensible. Personally, I think Overly Sarcastic Productions' video series of it on YouTube does a better job of getting the ideas across while making sense and even being entertaining to a modern reader with a casual interest.