Dante's Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory) - Softcover

Alighieri, MR Dante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 142092639X ISBN 13: 9781420926392

Publisher: Digireads.com, 2005

Synopsis

The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary types of the Journey and the Vision. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. Contained in this volume is the second part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Purgatorio" or "Purgatory," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton.

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About the Author:

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.

About this edition

• Publisher: Digireads.com
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 142092639X
• ISBN 13: 9781420926392
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96