OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
作者：Alighieri, Dante/ Palma, Michael
出版社：Norton
出版日期：2022.12.01
ISBN：9780393427981
書號：30257207
裝訂：平裝
定價：$478
《神曲 地獄篇》但丁
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
《神曲—地獄篇》以第一人稱記述了但丁誤入一座黑暗的森林後，在古羅馬詩人維吉爾的靈魂帶領下遊歷地獄的過程。但丁在《神曲》中除闡述他對於宗教神學的觀點及對於世界的看法外，也留下了對當時義大利政治的評論。
而《神曲》中愛情、罪過和救贖等主題啟發了如羅丹(Auguste Rodin)、達利(Salvador Dali)與尼爾・蓋曼(Neil Gaiman)等後世許多的藝術家。詩中所使用的義大利文也對現今的語言有著深遠的影響。
不僅保留了《神曲》複雜的三行連韻詩體，在精準傳達原文字面意義的同時也維持了詩的可讀性，Michael Palma的譯本可說是英文讀者進入但丁世界的絕佳選擇。
About Michael Palma’s translation
Michael Palma’s translation of the Inferno reproduces in contemporary English Dante’s intricate triple-rhyming terza rima form, defying the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who long argued that it simply cannot be done. This spectacular feat of poetic artistry―“accurate . . . admirably clear, and readable” (Richard Wilbur)―“in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original . . . comes close to perfection” (X. J. Kennedy).
Michael Palma’s translation of the Inferno reproduces in contemporary English Dante’s intricate triple-rhyming terza rima form, defying the conventional wisdom of literary commentators who long argued that it simply cannot be done. This spectacular feat of poetic artistry― “accurate … admirably clear, and readable” (Richard Wilbur)―“in capturing the sense, sound, and spirit of the original … comes close to perfection” (X.J. Kennedy).
