Inferno

Author: Dante Alighieri, translation by Anthony Esolen

Published by: Random House Publishing Group, 2012

Description: "Crisp and clear, Esolen's version avoids two modern temptations: a slavish literalness to the Italian or a taking of liberties inn the attempt to make this greatest of medieval poems esthetically modern ... In addition to his scholarly tact, Esolen is simply one of the most vigorous English translators of Dante ever."