The Divine Comedy: Hell (Penguin Classics)

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Genre: Works by individual poets: classical, early and medieval; Poetry; Classics; Continental European; Poetry / Ancient, Classical and Medieval;

Average Review: 4 stars

Review: Golden Oldies : First of all, a warning: the "Comedy" is a complex work, and we are constantly updating our understanding of it. However, once one has finished whatever annotated and/or translated version is currently at the apex of knowledge, it is well worth going back to Sayers. I would dare to say that this is one of the classic translations, one of the best from that phase of Dante studies (for example, though she is obviously tempted towards a Freudian reading, she actually tries to resist its more absurd results). Its funny how many Danteans still do not get beyond the Inferno...