>he read Inferno but not Purgatorio and Paradiso
>he thinks he's patrician because he read Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in English
>>8239283
Yes I did and it was fucking dreary. Translated poetry is a travesty.
>>8239283
I've been 150 pages into the Ciardi translation for a few months now, and the detail Dante put into his writing is amazing. He had a crazy detailed imagination. I'll be finishing it after I get through a few other books I'm in the process of reading. (I'm glad Ciardi included all the diagrams and footnotes to explain the mythology, etc., behind Dante's references. It helps a lot.)
Yeah it's a travesty. People just stop after DUDE PUNISHMENT LMAO and miss all the best stuff.
I remember getting to the end of Canto XXII in Paradiso for the first time and having to put the book down because I was so awestruck.
haha i want contact to his dealer xD
Paradiso is my favourite part, and one of my favourite works in general. I've read a bunch of translations of it and I'm thinking of learning Italian just to read it.
I DID READ ALL OF DIVINE COMEDY! YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! DIE OP DIE
>>8240624
idgi
You got me
I regret nothing
I actually agree with this thread well enough that I can forgive use of the bad meme image
