Catholic Readers discussion

I have been looking to get a Dante's Divine Comedy, but am looking for an excellent translation and footnotes in light of the faith. Does anyone know of an edition that would work well for that?

Thanks so much!

If anyone here's up to group read this one. I would like to join. My copy has been sitting on my shelf for quite some time. =)

Noel: I'll check on the details of my copy

I'm currently reading the Portable Dante, a compact version, though unabridged, of the Divine Comedy, translated by Mark Musa. It's compact because the notes have been cut back. I wanted to read the book without being overwhelmed by the footnotes and his translation is highly recommended. I will, at some point, try Dr Anthony Esolen's translation. He is Catholic, I'm not sure that Mark Musa is.

I've got the Mandelbaum translation from Everymans Library (http://www.amazon.com/Divine-Comedy-E...) which contains all 3 parts. It's very readable and the text itself is 541 pages. Very extensive contextual and historical footnotes/endnotes begin on 543 and continue through page 791, with a list of references following that. You don't NEED the footnotes to read the text, but I very occasionally will flip back to see who is being referred too by the text.
The notes provide historical explanation rather than spiritual/faith explanation.

Thanks! I added that to my wishlist on Amazon. I always like to read the negative reviews and for this it seems like everyone is criticizing the Kindle version (which wasn't even the Mandelbaum translation, go figure!). As much as I love my Kindle, for a work like this, I wouldn't want to read it on a Kindle. I imagine that the commentary would not be easily accessible.

I loved the Inferno but the Purgatorio and Paradiso are really really good too. Paradiso is probably the most beautiful descriptive poetry I've ever read. My favorite is the Longfellow translation cuz of its rhyme and meter...