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What does /lit/ think of the Oxford World Classics edition of The Divine Comedy? Also, is the Bible required prereading?

>> No.13888083

>>13888060
>the Bible required prereading?
You cannot understand most of the western canon without some solid catechism notions

>> No.13888102
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13888102

>not buying the Divina version with Gustav Dorè paintings

>> No.13888108

>>13888083
I've read the Bible up to the book of Jeremiah. Should I finish reading it before starting with The Divine Comedy?

On a somewhat related note, is The Aeneid required prereading before The Divine Comedy?

>> No.13888170

>>13888060
If its still the Sisson translation then its not great but not terrible - there are some very awkward moments, like I think it says that Dante looks at something "with his face" somewhere in Purgatorio

the notes in the Oxford edition are very very good however

>> No.13888171

>>13888060
What do you think of my fucking dick, you faging faggot?

>> No.13888182

>>13888171
What the heck is your problem, anon?

>> No.13888196

>>13888182
Im sexually frustrated.

>> No.13888214

>>13888108
Don't worry about the Bible. 99% of the references you won't get will be political figures in medieval Italy, and the notes are good enough for a lay frog

>> No.13888228

>>13888108
>>13888214
I missed your other point.

YES, read the Aeneid before the Comedy. It will make you appreciate the figure of Virgil guiding Dante SO much more, and there are plenty of allusions to the Aeneid worth understanding first hand.

>> No.13888233

>>13888196
I am too, anon. But you can suppress your carnal lust by strengthening your faith in God, brother.

>> No.13888268

>>13888233
But im god? https://youtu.be/h6fcK_fRYaI

>> No.13888277

>>13888268
>But im god?

Okay, incel.

>> No.13888947

bumpo

>> No.13888955

Reminder that the hook-nose is the mark of the superior man.

>> No.13888968

>>13888955
Aquiline noses are patrician only if you're Italian.

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13888975

>>13888083
>You cannot understand most of the western canon without some solid catechism notions

Says the importunate Christian

>> No.13888986

>>13888060
Learn Italian. It's not worth reading a translation of the Dante's works.

>> No.13890507

>>13888986
this is terrible advice

>> No.13890515

>>13888060
I don't know, I didn't know shit about the bible in highschool but I enjoyed the divine comedy and understood it enough to keep reading it.

>> No.13890922

>>13888102

>Hyping Gustave Dore when a William Blake illustrated edition exists

Rookie numbers

>> No.13890946

>>13888060
Is there a solid recommendation for the translation? I read the Pinsky in college and liked it, but it seems like he hasn't done Purgatorio or Paradiso.

>> No.13890990

>>13890946
The Charles Eliot Norton tra. from the 'Great Books of the Western World.'

>> No.13891048

>>13888102
Dore did engravings of the Divine Comedy
>>13888083
it's helpful
>>13888060
you need to know the basics of Christianity but it's not a requirement, it would certainly help though

>> No.13891545

>>13888060
Really, Vita Nuova and Aeneid are required, but the Bible is (oddly) quite optional.