The Inferno: A Verse Translation by Robert Hollander and Jean Hollander Dante Alighieri
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

The emphasis seemed now (understandably) to be fixed firmly on the His books are wildly uneven: ranging from the barbaric, atmospheric genius of Shadow of the Torturer and its sequels (called collectively The Book of the New Sun) to the jaunty ventriloquism of Pandora, by Holly Hollander. Now their Paradiso (Doubleday; $40) is out. I agree with the Hollander recommendation although I also like Pinsky's Inferno, and Ciardi's translation (the first I read). Longfellow's I have the Robert & Jean Hollander translation sitting in my lap right now. Translate EnriqueFreeque into Your Language! The Hollanders' Inferno was published in 2000, their Purgatorio in 2003. Yes, The Inferno and The Descent both deal with the powers . Jean Hollander, a poet, was in charge of the verse; Robert Hollander, her husband, oversaw its accuracy. San Francisco State Poetry Director Steven Dickison talks about his work at that central place in American letters, as well as his publishing work, most recently of Benjamin Hollander's Rituals of Truce and the Other Israeli. Jul 14, 2010 - It would be too obvious to say "Dantesque" or Inferno in the same breath as Jeff Long's dizzying The Descent, as so many of the latter's blurbers have, and it would be misleading, anyway. Jun 22, 2012 - Not so when I heard the same passage in Ian McKellen's reading of Robert Fagles' verse translation. Introduction by Leonard Zhang Er and Bob Holman talk about their translation collaboration on Zhang Er's book of poems Carved Water. Dec 24, 2009 - The great Canadian poet Robin Blaser discusses Dante's Inferno and the American-made Inferno in Iraq. Mar 22, 2014 - Bi 2012 dms, The courage quotient : how science can make you braver / Robert Biswas-Diener. Aug 28, 2007 - If you haven't yet read the Divine Comedy—you know who you are—now is the time, because Robert and Jean Hollander have just completed a beautiful translation of the astonishing fourteenth-century poem. 175, PQ4315.2 Hol 2000 dms, Inferno / Dante Alighieri ; translated by Robert & Jean Hollander ; introduction & notes by Robert Hollander.