[ARAD]

Ok,

So, this may be a shot in the dark. But, I see your posting name is Virgil. Do you know of any good English translations of Dante's Divine Comedy? I've read one, but it is since discontinued/out-of-print, and my parents have my old versions. Any help, as I traverse these many rings of life would be helpful. I just bought a couple of Cardinal Ratzinger books (now the Pope) that I'm really looking forward to reading.

Thanks,
ARAD

[Daffy]

RE: Dante. A recent translation was reviewed in the New Oxford Review, June 2004, available to read at this link:

http://www.newoxfordreview.org/reviews.jsp?did=0604-gardiner

[virgil]

Yes. I read The Inferno, (Signet Classic, translated John Ciardi). I liked this one because there are notes at the end of each Canto. I found the notes very helpful and just as interesting as the literature, and it was inexpensive. The Inferno is a great book. I know of a complete copy of The Divine Comedy...Everyman's Library, translated by Allen Mandelbaum. Good quality book in hardcover. Another good book(s) is Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.