Dante's Comedy in English translation : critical perspectives, reception histories, assessments / edited by Jacob Blakesley, Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., and Federica Pich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blakesley, Jacob, editor.

Cachey, T. J. (Theodore J.), editor.

Pich, Federica, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge studies in literary translation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Divina commedia.

Dante Alighieri.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Contents:

Preface / Jacob Blakesley, Theodore J. Cachey, Jr., Federica Pich

Prolegomena. Historical profile of Dante translators / Jacob Blakesley

Dante in translation: problems and approaches / Theodore J. Cachey, Jr.

Chronology. 'An English classic': the making of the Anglophone Commedia, 1700-1900 / Federica Coluzzi with Nick Havely

The years of transition: English translations of the Commedia, 1900-1950 / Valentina Mele

Great books and great poets: Dante in translation, 1950-2000 / Dennis Looney

In our image: Dante translations in the new millennium / Ruth Chester

Form. Terza Rima versions of the Commedia: a test of translation / Henry Weinfield

Blank verse translations of Dante's Commedia, 1908-2014 / Monica Powers Keane and Brenda Deen Schildgen

Filling in the blanks: free-verse English translations of the Commedia / Kristina Olson

Dante in English prose: 1939 to the present / Tim Smith

Coda: Forum / Federica Pich, Igor Candido, Simon Gilson, Christopher Kleinhenz, Enrico Terrinoni.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781032726649 (electronic bk.)

1032726644 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40033007630

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.