tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038468.post4745866828609134517..comments2023-09-25T09:15:45.715-07:00Comments on Blair Necessities: ReadingBlairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853097322768480291noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038468.post-82836073015840512662010-11-21T20:19:49.426-07:002010-11-21T20:19:49.426-07:00Ha! Old school, indeed, to like reading the origin...Ha! Old school, indeed, to like reading the original (to the extent that it is, I guess; I don't know whether Italian has morphed in a fashion comparable to English). I seem to remember, though, that Mandelbaum -- welp, I was about to say "threw up" but that just sounds WRONG! -- <i>placed</i> Italian side by side his translation. <br /><br />What you say about translation showing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038468.post-81764282696006478232010-11-20T10:04:52.065-07:002010-11-20T10:04:52.065-07:00You know, they each bring a different element. I l...You know, they each bring a different element. I like each of them for different reasons but could not get through this with out the three of them and some other sources when I have questions about something.<br /><br />I started out reading the Cary version through dailylit.com when I realized I had not yet read TDC. After the second Canto I was so lost and had so many questions I started Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853097322768480291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038468.post-34513133317788555192010-11-20T09:49:33.575-07:002010-11-20T09:49:33.575-07:00I wonder which you like best?
I've read Mande...I wonder which you like best?<br /><br />I've read Mandelbaum and am now reading John Ciardi, whose lyricism I love. Also, I think the notes are absolutely killer. <br /><br />My friend the classics PhD candidate gives Ciardi highest marks all around, but I fight with him about Lattimore all the time, so who knows? ;)<br /><br />I really do recommend Ciardi, though. I think DC has a copy on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038468.post-34040989113175803892010-11-19T18:38:33.707-07:002010-11-19T18:38:33.707-07:00Good question!
I am reading three different versio...Good question!<br />I am reading three different versions by: Rev. H. F. Cary, M.A.; James Finn Cotter; and the version on the Georgetown Dante Project website (https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/mydante/).Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853097322768480291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9038468.post-72257625633443639642010-11-19T17:45:20.830-07:002010-11-19T17:45:20.830-07:00Which translation (assuming you read a translation...Which translation (assuming you read a translation)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com