User:The Midnite Wolf/sandbox/List of English translations of the Divine Comedy
| Year | Translator | Title | Section | Location: publisher | Form | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1782 | Charles Rogers | The Inferno of Dante Translated | Inferno | London: J. Nichols | Blank verse | First translation of a full cantica into English. Initially published anonymously | [1] |
| 1785 | Henry Boyd | A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri in English Verse with Historical Notes | Inferno | London: C. Dilly | Rhymed 6-line stanzas | ||
| 1802 | The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri consisting of the Inferno – Purgatorio – and Paradiso | Comedy | London: A. Strahan | First full translation of the Divine Comedy in English | [2] | ||
| 1805 | Henry Francis Cary | The Inferno of Dante Alighieri | Inferno | London: James Carpenter | Blank verse | ||
| 1814 | The Vision: or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri | Comedy | London: J. Barfield | Described by The Cambridge Companion to Dante as the first "powerful, accurate, and poetically moving" translation. Became a bestseller and was required in schools.
Notable reprintings include: Bohn's Library (1850)[source], Chandos Classics (1871)[source], and Harvard Classics (1969)[source] |
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