ParadisoThe last great literary work of the Middle Ages and the first important book of the Renaissance, Dante's Divine Comedy culminates in this third and final section, Paradiso. The fourteenth-century allegory portrays a medieval perspective on the afterlife, tracing the poet's voyage across three realms—Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise—to investigate the concepts of sin, guilt, and redemption. Expressed in sublime verse, the trilogy concludes with this challenging and rewarding venture into the dwelling place of God, angels, and the souls of the faithful. |
Contents
or that of Mercury where are seen the Spirits | 15 |
Ascent to the Third Heaven or that of Venus | 22 |
St Thomas Aquinas recounts the Life | 33 |
St Buonaventura recounts the Life | 40 |
The Fifth Heaven or that of Mars where | 47 |
seen the Spirits of Righteous Kings and Rulers | 62 |
seen the Spirits of the Contemplative The | 73 |
The Triumph of Christ 80 XXIV St Peter examines Dante upon Faith | 84 |
St John examines Dante upon Charity | 91 |
St Peters reproof of bad Popes The Ascent | 98 |
The Tenth Heaven or Empyrean The River | 105 |
St Bernard points out the Saints in | 113 |