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Anonymous Wed Nov 27 03:29:46 2019 No.14245411 [Reply] [Original]

I want to read the Divine Comedy, /lit/. Which is the best Dante translation?

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:15:37 2019 No.14246603 >>14245411 ciardi

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:16:54 2019 No.14246606 >>14245411 the one that you like

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:18:00 2019 No.14246612 File: 586 KB, 200x270, 75f.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >translating poetry Half the point of poetry is that it's playing on the conventions of the original language numbnuts

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:19:07 2019 No.14246618 >>14246612 >half only for a sophist

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:23:54 2019 No.14246631 BUTTERFLY I LIVE OFF OF ELECTRIC AVENUE GET YOUR AMAZING ASS OVER HERE :3

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:26:03 2019 No.14246639 File: 891 KB, 1400x5316, 1573300488483.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 10:32:33 2019 No.14246672 >>14246639 >turning poetry into prose fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkk ooooooooooooooooooooffffffffffffffff

>>	Anonymous Wed Nov 27 13:47:31 2019 No.14247558 Longfellow