Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Purgatory (Purgatorio)
Dante Alighieri
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Description
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy reaches its middle panel in Purgatorio, presented in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1867 translation. Dante the poet climbs the mountain of Purgatory, guided for much of the way by Virgil. Souls there are not damned; they are being cleansed, and every step climbs toward Paradise.
Terrace by terrace, the seven deadly sins are purged, from pride at the bottom to lust at the top, with hymns, meetings, and stories at each level. Hope, not horror, is the ruling note, unlike the Inferno before it. Longfellow's version keeps Dante's movement in stately American English that generations of readers learned from.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Dante Alighieri |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 208 KB |
| LICENSE | Project Gutenberg License |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |