Purgatorio
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In Purgatorio Dante, having described his journey into Hell, narrates his ascent of Mount Purgatory with Virgil, as he encounters penitents who toil through physical agonies, starvation and flames to assuage their earthly vices. Only by learning from them can he achieve his final enlightened transition to the lost Earthly Paradise at the mountain's summit, where he meets his dead love, Beatrice, and prepares to ascend to Heaven. Depicting a realm of intense sensation and physical experience, Dante's poem transformed the traditional Christian idea of Purgatory by showing how the free will of the aspiring soul could change wordly perversions into perfection. It is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human possibility, hope and redemption.
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3 primary booksLa Divina Commedia is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 10 with contributions by Nicholas Kilmer, Dante Alighieri, and 2 others.
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If you're up for the worthwhile challenge of reading Dante's “The Divine Comedy,” this is absolutely the way to go. Jo's use of modern references in her translation of this 14th century classic makes the tale both engaging and relatable. The annotation is acceptable, but one who wants to go deeper into the meaning of the poem in its time period is advised to use another source as well.??
