Word: infernos
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Pertile enjoys teaching, said one student, who was in both Pertile's seminar on Dante's Inferno and his course on contemporary Italian poetry last year...
...this does not mean that the translator sacrifices accuracy in the name of making his lines rhyme. Working with a "more relaxed definition" of rhyme, Pinsky fills out the Inferno's tercets with `half rhymes," like "aim/come," as well as the more traditional "full rhymes,' like "plunder/under...
Even more impressive than PInsky's infusion of life into the translation is that fact that he is also faithful to the Inferno's original interlocking rhyme scheme, called terza rima (aba, bcb, cdc, etc). Pinsky avoids he possible pitfalls of this demanding form and triumphs with crisp and inventive rhymes that not only meet the demands of form but also bring the poem to life...
Pinsky's ability to convey the profound spirit of depression found in many of the Inferno's cantos supports his contention that the poem may be about the inner state of the soul in life, as well as after death...
...addition to its vibrant language, students will find this edition of the Inferno helpful for its reference chart which serves as a key to Dante's plan of hell. The guide lists each canto, its locale in hell, the endemic demons, the classes of souls and the names of the individual sinners who reside there. Extensive notes by Nicole Pinsky, a daughter of the translator and thirty-five black-and-white monotypes by the illustrator Michael Mazur (a department) add to this edition's offerings...