Divine Comedy

433 Pages·2012·0.97 MB·English

by  Dante Alighieri

Divine Comedy
Author(s): Alighieri, Dante (1265-1321)
Publisher: CCEL
Description: Dante's Divine Comedy is the masterpiece of the Italian lan-
guage.Written between 1308 and 1321, the three-part epic
poem is well-known as a literary classic.The poem features
Dante as the main character (though it is fiction), and de-
scribes his journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Pur-
gatorio) and Heaven (Paradiso). He meets many angels,
demons, and other human travelers on this trip, and his
guides are the Latin poet Virgil and Beatrice, a woman he
loved. Under the surface, though, Divine Comedy is an al-
legory. Dante uses his journey to represent the soul's
movement toward God, and the poem has many other reli-
gious themes, mostly gathered from the medieval theology
of Thomas Aquinas.The poem is extremely intricate, and
mathematical and scientific patterns can be found throughout.
Dante also makes many cultural references and allusions,
Greek and Roman myth provide many of the characters and
history, and the story even has political themes.Divine
Comedy is a work that explores the afterlife from a medieval
perspective. It is a fascinating read that will entrance all who
take the journey with Dante.
Abby Zwart
CCEL Staff Writer
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Contents
Divine Comedy 1
Title Page 1
Credits 2
Inferno 3
Canto I 4
Canto II 8
Canto III 12
Canto IV 16
Canto V 20
Canto VI 24
Canto VII 28
Canto VIII 32
Canto IX 36
Canto X 40
Canto XI 44
Canto XII 48
Canto XIII 52
Canto XIV 56
Canto XV 60
Canto XVI 64
Canto XVII 68
Canto XVIII 72
Canto XIX 76
Canto XX 80
Canto XXI 84
Canto XXII 88
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Canto XXIII 92
Canto XXIV 96
Canto XXV 100
Canto XXVI 104
Canto XXVII 108
Canto XXVIII 112
Canto XXIX 116
Canto XXX 120
Canto XXXI 124
Canto XXXII 128
Canto XXXIII 132
Canto XXXIV 137
Purgatorio 141
Canto I 142
Canto II 146
Canto III 150
Canto IV 154
Canto V 158
Canto VI 162
Canto VII 167
Canto VIII 171
Canto IX 175
Canto X 179
Canto XI 183
Canto XII 187
Canto XIII 191
Canto XIV 196
Canto XV 201
Canto XVI 205
Canto XVII 209
Canto XVIII 213
Canto XIX 217
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Canto XX 221
Canto XXI 226
Canto XXII 230
Canto XXIII 235
Canto XXIV 239
Canto XXV 244
Canto XXVI 248
Canto XXVII 253
Canto XXVIII 257
Canto XXIX 261
Canto XXX 266
Canto XXXI 270
Canto XXXII 274
Canto XXXIII 279
Paradiso 283
Canto I 284
Canto II 288
Canto III 292
Canto IV 296
Canto V 300
Canto VI 304
Canto VII 308
Canto VIII 312
Canto IX 316
Canto X 320
Canto XI 324
Canto XII 328
Canto XIII 332
Canto XIV 336
Canto XV 340
Canto XVI 344
Canto XVII 349
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Canto XVIII 353
Canto XIX 357
Canto XX 361
Canto XXI 365
Canto XXII 369
Canto XXIII 374
Canto XXIV 378
Canto XXV 383
Canto XXVI 387
Canto XXVII 391
Canto XXVIII 395
Canto XXIX 399
Canto XXX 403
Canto XXXI 407
Canto XXXII 411
Canto XXXIII 416
Appendix 420
Postscript 423
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Divine Comedy
DivTiintele C Poamgeedy
Divine Comedy
Translated by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Credits
Credits
The base text for this edition has been provided by Digital Dante, a project sponsored
by Columbia University's Institute for Learning Technologies. Specific thanks goes to Jennifer
Hogan (Project Editor/Director), Tanya Larkin (Assistant to Editor), Robert W. Cole
(Proofreader/Assistant Editor), and Jennifer Cook (Proofreader).
The Digital Dante Project is a digital 'study space' for Dante studies and scholarship.
The project is multi-faceted and fluid by nature of the Web. Digital Dante attempts to or-
ganize the information most significant for students first engaging with Dante and scholars
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scholar, and teacher, perusing the Web: to become proficient in the new tools, e.g., Search,
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For this Project Gutenberg edition the e-text was rechecked. The editor greatly thanks
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for other editions or translations of 'The Divine Comedy.' Please refer to the end of this file
for supplemental materials.
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Inferno
Inferno
Inferno
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