"La Divina Commedia di Dante" by Dante Alighieri is an Italian narrative poem written between 1308 and 1321. The work follows Dante's journey through the three realms of the afterlife: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Guided by the poet Virgil and later by Beatrice, Dante encounters souls receiving divine justice based on their earthly actions. The poem explores sin, redemption, and the soul's path toward God, drawing on medieval Catholic theology and philosophy while establishing the Tuscan language as standardized Italian. ... Read more
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| Author | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 |
|---|---|
| Title | La Divina Commedia di Dante |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy |
| Credits | Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 60.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Italian |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Epic poetry, Italian |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 1012 |
| Release Date | Aug 1, 1997 |
| Last Update | Nov 7, 2015 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 30359 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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