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Any lusophone anons there? I intend on reading the Divine Comedy next year, but I'm not sure on whether I should read it in English or Portuguese. Should I go for closer vocabulary with the latter, or are the English translations better?
And besides the Bible, medieval catholic philosophy and Greek/Roman classics, is there any other required reading?
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Disco Stu's got LUso for TWOso
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read this one OP
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the english ones are superior. though the language is further, the canon of scholarship and built-up knowledge makes modern english translations far better than anything you can find besides the original italian. english translations are more accurate and true to dante
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Do yourself a favor and skip Purgatorio. It's very maundering and supplies the story with nothing of value.
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Use this vehicle first:
http://etcweb.princeton.edu/dante/pdp/
There you can read every canto with the Italian original side by side with an English translation, not a poetic translation (trying to keep metric and rhyme), but an exact English translation. You will find that understanding the Italian will not be that difficult – many of their words are similar to our own Portuguese words.
Combine the reading of the above-mentioned website with this collection:
>>8832702
This translation above will at least give you the flavor of a poetic text, with the rhymed terza rima pattern. But remember to always combine this translation with the website I mentioned above. Read every Canto two times.
All that said, just remember:
>Shakespeare is by far superior to Dante.
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