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Article: Dante's just divine
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- New Straits Times
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- October 22, 2004
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Suzanna Pillay
New Straits Times
10-22-2004
Dante's just divine
Byline: Suzanna Pillay
Edition: 2*
Section: Cover
DIVINE Comedy and everything Dante are the rage these days, thanks to Matthew Pearl's fabulous literary debut The Dante Club. SUZANNA PILLAY reports.
IF you think you've read Dante's Inferno, think again. Thanks to author Matthew Pearl's dazzling debut The Dante Club, there has been a resurgence of interest in the original translation of Italian poet Dante Aligheiri's Divine Comedy, which has been out of print for more than 40 years."It's funny. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation, assisted by the Dante Club which met weekly at his house, was too effective for its own good. ...
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