The Divine Comedy The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy

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“Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.”


The Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is a culmination of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church. The work is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.


On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven; but at a deeper level, it represents allegorically the soul's journey towards God. At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse".


Includes link to free unabridged audio recording.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2016
February 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
1,173
Pages
PUBLISHER
Enhanced Media
SELLER
Damian Stevenson
SIZE
3.1
MB
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