

Purgatorio
Author: Dante Alighieri
Series: Divine Comedy
Narrator: Charles Armstrong
Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 06/26/2018
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, European Poetry
Author: Dante Alighieri
Series: Divine Comedy
Narrator: Charles Armstrong
Unabridged: 3 hr 55 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Published: 06/26/2018
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, European Poetry
Dante Alighieri, the Italian poet whose masterpiece The Divine Comedy has exerted a profound influence on Western thought, was born in Florence in 1265. He entered public life in 1295, later becoming one of the six governing magistrates of Florence. He repeatedly opposed the machinations of Pope Boniface VIII, who was attempting to place all of Tuscany under Papal control, and in 1301 was banished from Florence on trumped-up charges. Dante would never enter his native city again, spending his remaining years with a series of patrons in various courts in Italy. He completed The Divine Comedy shortly before his death in 1321.
This is a great book, but does require the notes to make any sense of it. Hundreds of characters from Danté's Italy not to mention host of mythological and Biblical ones tended to distract me just reading the poetry and appreciating Dante's wonderful descriptions. I have to stop at the end of each c......more
Dante anuncia que ahora tomará como tema "el segundo reino". Aquí es donde se limpia el alma del hombre: la montaña del Purgatorio. 3.5 en realidad Si bien esta vez pasamos al Purgatorio; centro de limpieza, reflexión, arrepentimiento y penitencia para las almas que han pecado; la historia sigue teni......more
64th book of 2021. Artist for this review is, again, French artist Gustave Doré. Most people never read past Inferno and I often guessed at why: in Hell we have mythical beasts, fire, punishment, demons, etc., and surely that is far more enjoyable to read about then Dante walking about a lovely garde......more