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Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the ...
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A scene from The Divine Comedy Musical, adapted from the 14th-century masterpiece The Divine Comedy by Italian writer Dante Alighieri. The musical will tour China from Friday on, visiting 15 ...
The Divine Comedy will perform in York as part of their UK tour. The band, fronted by Neil Hannon, will play at York Barbican on Tuesday, October 21.
The Divine Comedy (the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon) has announced a new album, Rainy Sunday Afternoon, and shared its first single, “Achilles.” ...
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‘The Divine Comedy,’ by Dante Alighieri Translated by Michael Palma Liveright, 624 Pages The poet Dante Aligheri’s “ Commedia ” — it picked up “Divine” somewhere along the way — may seem an unlikely ...
The Florentine poet’s richly detailed vision of a journey through hell and beyond has inspired other writers and artists for centuries.
It's a tough feat, but Palma isn't the first to attempt it. So, what's the value in translating The Divine Comedy yet again? Giving all three parts – Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso another rendition ...
So, what's the value in translating The Divine Comedy yet again? Giving all three parts – Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso another rendition?