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This invaluable reference also features study questions, illustrations of the realms, and regional summaries. 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 first part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Inferno" or "Hell," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton. The first section of Dante's Divine Comedy. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents. This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions.

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Reviewer: Donald R Miller - favorite favorite favorite - November 18, Subject: Truly a Paradiso-to-Inferno Experience The Purgatorio Version of the Comedy: Many readers with many levels of heavenish to hellish degrees of quality await you in this community recording. Some of Librivox's best talent are here, along with truly cringe-worthy performances.

If Librivox had only thought to have their better or in the case of a classic like this, their best talent read a section each-- one inferno, another purgatorio, and another paradiso.

The Divine Comedy helped to establish the roots of Tuscan language in which this poem was written. The novel presents the condition of souls after death and shows the divine justice of reward or punishment. The novel is based on the concept of life after death and what a person will face. There is a concept of heaven and hell in this poem. The Divine Comedy is loved by the readers because it takes a reader to the spiritual world.

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