The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso

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Courier Dover Publications, Jun 21, 2017 - Poetry - 848 pages

This convenient single-volume edition contains all three parts of Dante's fourteenth century poem―Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso―in an acclaimed translation by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Combining classical and Christian history as well as medieval politics and religion, this trilogy of sublime verse is among Western civilization's most important artistic works and essential reading for students of literature and history.
Dante's allegory of the soul's journey to God begins with Inferno, in which the narrator traverses the underworld in the company of the ancient Roman poet Virgil. As they travel through the nine circles of Hell, the poets encounter historical and mythological figures suffering symbolic punishments for their earthly crimes. In Purgatorio, Dante continues on alone through the realm of redemption, where departed souls reflect upon their sins and work toward their moral improvement. The tale culminates in Paradiso, where the divine Beatrice guides Dante in the final stage of his intellectual journey from doubt to faith.
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Contents

canto page
7
The Gate of Hell The Inefficient or Indifferent
14
The Second Circle Minos The Wanton
21
The Fourth Circle Plutus The Avaricious
28
Inferno and its Divisions
41
Phlegethon The Violent against their
44
XVI
58
Peculators The Elder
75
Dantes Dream of the Siren The Fifth Circle
333
XXII
344
XXIV
351
Guido Guinicelli and Arnaldo Daniello
358
The Terrestrial Paradise The River Lethe
369
The Tree of Knowledge
377
The River Eunoë
384
NOTES
391

Agnello Brunelleschi Buoso degli Abati
89
Alchemists Griffolino
104
The Giants Nimrod Ephialtes and Antæus
111
Count Ugolino and the Archbishop Ruggieri
118
NOTES
129
Contents
267
The Slothful
326
of the Church St Thomas Aquinas 579 St Thomas Aquinas recounts the Life
590
or that of the Fixed Stars 622 The Triumph of Christ 626 St Peter examines Dante upon Faith 630 St James examines Dante upon Hope 634 St John e...
630
XXVI
637
to the Ninth Heaven or the Primum Mobile 641 God and the Celestial Hierarchies
644
The White Rose of Paradise 651 The Glory of Paradise St Bernard 655 St Bernard points out the Saints in
659
NOTES
669
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Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) is best known for The Divine Comedy, a three-part epic poem that progresses from Hell to Purgatory to Paradise. Written in the vernacular, rather than Latin or Greek, Dante's masterpiece immediately found a wide audience; it is considered the greatest work of Italian literature and its author is regarded as the father of modern Italian.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), author of The Song of Hiawatha and other beloved poems, was Professor of Modern Languages at Harvard University.

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