"La Divina Comedia" 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 his idealized love Beatrice, Dante encounters souls receiving divine justice based on their earthly actions. The poem allegorically represents the soul's journey toward God, drawing on medieval Catholic theology and philosophy to explore sin, redemption, and salvation. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 |
|---|---|
| Contributor | De Sanctis, Francesco, 1817-1883 |
| Translator | Aranda y Sanjuan, Manuel, 1845-1900 |
| Title | La Divina Comedia |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy |
| Credits | Produced by Carlos Colón, The University of Toronto and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 50.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | Spanish |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Epic poetry, Italian -- Adaptations |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 57303 |
| Release Date | Jun 10, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 2959 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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