Allen Mandelbaum (1926–2011)

Author of Three Centuries of American Poetry

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Three Centuries of American Poetry (1999) — Editor — 91 copies, 1 review

Lectura Dantis: Inferno: A Canto-by-Canto Commentary (1999) 61 copies

The Selected Writings of Salvatore Quasimodo (1969) — Editor — 47 copies

Chelmaxioms : the maxims, axioms, maxioms of Chelm (1977) 33 copies

A Treasury of American Poetry (2003) — Editor — 25 copies

Lectura Dantis: Purgatorio (2008) 24 copies

The savantasse of Montparnasse (1987) 7 copies

Ovid in Sicily: A New Verse Translation of Selections from the "Metamorphoses" of Ovid, with Foreword, Latin Facing Text, and 14 Color-plates from the ... Sequence of Paintings by… (1986) — Editor — 6 copies

Le porte di eucalipto: poesie scelte (2007) 1 copy

A Lied Of Letterpress for Moser and McGrath 1 copy

Journeyman (Penguin Books 646) (1947) 1 copy

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The Odyssey (0700) — Translator, some editions — 62,093 copies, 521 reviews

Inferno (1308) — Translator, some editions — 27,497 copies, 229 reviews

The Aeneid (translations) (0029) — Translator, some editions — 26,574 copies, 226 reviews

The Divine Comedy (1308) — Translator, some editions — 26,268 copies, 221 reviews

Metamorphoses [in translation] (0008) — Translator, some editions — 15,236 copies, 112 reviews

Purgatorio (1315) — Preface, some editions; Translator, some editions — 8,278 copies, 58 reviews

Paradiso (1316) — Translator, some editions — 7,053 copies, 51 reviews

The Book of Jewish Food (1996) — Contributor, some editions — 800 copies, 9 reviews

The Divine Comedy, Vol. II: Purgatory and Paradise (1988) — some editions — 69 copies, 1 review

Selected Poems of Giuseppe Ungaretti (1975) — Translator — 25 copies

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Canonical name: Mandelbaum, Allen
Birthdate: 1926-05-04
Date of death: 2011-10-27
Gender: male
Education: Columbia University (MA|1946|Ph.D|1951)
Yeshiva University (BA)
Occupations: literature scholar
translator
poet
professor
Organizations: Wake Forest University
Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Awards and honors: National Book Award (1973)
Gold Medal of Honor, City of Florence (2000)
Italian Presidential Prize for Translation (2003)
Presidential Cross, Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (2004)
Presidenza del Consiglio's Prize (1998)
Relationships: Auster, Paul (nephew)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Albany, New York, USA
Places of residence: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
New York, New York, USA
Place of death: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Associated Place (for map): USA

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Three Centuries of American Poetry by Allen Mandelbaum

As my old American poetry professor said on the first day of class, "I don't like this book, but I couldn't find any one better." But what can you expect from an anthology of poetry? For the most part, it is a bad experience reading poems in an anthology, disconnected from their brothers and sisters. I guess one could at least wish for some editorial commentary, but this sad book has none.

Mar 24, 2008