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The historical and cultural significance of Dante Alighieri's masterpiece The Divine Comedy cannot be overstated. Dante's poetry takes the reader on a multi-layered journey, one through which he or she experiences this literary master's unique aesthetic and spiritual sensibilities. The Divine Comedy also presents the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of medieval Italian thought and its bearing on Western theology and culture. This lyrical allegory of a journey from the depths of Hell to Paradise is a moving read in its own right and its influence upon world literature unchallenged.

The Divine Comedy

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Dante Alighieri

John Ciardi

John Freccero

Charles Eliot Norton

New York

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 third part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Paradiso" or "Paradise," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton.

Dante's Paradiso

Volume 3: Paradise

An epic poem in which the poet describes his visionary spiritual journey through Paradise which results in a purification of his religious faith.

Category - Fiction / Poetry

Format - Paperback

Condition - Excellent

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Est. Publication Date - Nov 2011