Dante

<I>In the middle of the journey of our life</br>I came to myself again in a dark</br>wood where the right way was lost .</I></p>So begins Frank Salvidio's compelling translation of the great journey of Western Christian Civilization-the pilgrimage of Dante Alighieri from the exile of sin to the Promised Land of salvation-a journey whose beginning in fire and ice has made the expression Dante's Inferno a commonplace in virtually every language of the modern world.</p>As in his translation of the Vita Nuova praised not only for its exceptional clarity and fidelity to the original but also for its thoughtfully-woven representation of the graceful straightforwardness of the linguaggio dantesco Salvidio has once again recreated Dante's intense and riveting voice in the unadorned simplicity of American English.</p>Additionally the facing notes-succinct and scholarly-make this translation ideal for students of the poem.</p>