Purgatorio

Synopsis

Jean hollander, an accomplished poet, and robert hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the infernowas acclaimed as a new standard in english, bring their respective gifts to purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse translation. Featuring the original italian text opposite the translation, their edition offers an extensive and accessible introduction as well as generous historical and interpretive commentaries that draw on centuries of scholarship and robert hollander’s own decades of teaching and reasearch.