Divine Comedies for the New Millennium Recent Dante Translations in America and the Netherlands

• Andere auteurs: de Rooy, Ronald (Redacteur)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Amsterdam University Press 2003
• Onderwerpen: Literature & literary studies; Literature: history & criticism; dutch and flemish literature; nederlandse letterkunde; nederlandse en vlaamse literatuur; dutch literature
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Dante's intranslatability paradoxically causes a steady flux of translations, overwhelming in America, much more modest in the Netherlands. However, the tiny Netherlands witnessed a remarkable boom of Dante translations around the year 2000: within a short period seven cantiche were translated...