Friday, May 02, 2014

Poem

Epic poetry

The Best Epic Translations: Lattimore (Iliad), Fagles (Odyssey), Fitzgerald (Aeneid), Pinsky (Inferno), Merwin (Purgatorio), Mandelbaum (Paradiso)

Iliad Odyssey by Homer

Aeneid by poet Virgil, AP Latin, Robert Fagles, Sarah Ruden, Robert Fitzgerald, Allen Mandelbaum, David West (prose)

Divine Comedy by poet Dante Alighieri (translator: Clive James vs John Ciardi), Ciardi (best single volume), Allen Mandelbaum (verse, prose), Musa (blank verse, free verse), Singleton (prose), Durling (prose, best 3 volumes)

Ciardi, Mandelbaum, Musa, Durling

Paradise Lost by John Milton in Plan English

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