Overview


Date 1878-09-07
Publication Athenaeum
Topic Correcting line from Dante pub. 8/17/78
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Subject literature
Keywords accurate translation
Standards language
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Notes Responds to August 17, 1878 article.

Annotation details

78 September 7 Athenaeum

Topic:

Correcting line from Dante's "Inferno" published August 17, 1878 in The Athenaeum.

Citation:

Rossetti, William M. "Inferno." Athenaeum (September 7, 1878): 305. Web. 21 September 2011.

Summary:

Rossetti offers readers a translation of Dante that bridges the gap the Bodleian and Chigli manuscripts.

Mode:

critical

Keywords:

translation, correction

Standards of Judgment:

expertise in Italian

References:

Bodleian and Chigli manuscripts

Rhetoric:

definitive

Writing technique/tone:

concise, brief