Purgatorio
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: October 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780679602101
Subjects: Poetry & poets; Poetry texts & anthologies; Italian Poetry; Poetry; Italian; Literature: Classics; Classics; Continental European; Poetry / General
First sentence: The Poets emerge from Hell just before dawn of Easter Sunday (April 10, 1300), and Dante revels in the sight of the rediscovered heavens.
Description: Arguably the greatest single poem ever written, The Divine Comedy presents Dante Alighieri's all-encompassing vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife. In the Purgatorio, Dante struggles up the terraces of Mount Purgatory, still guided by Virgil, in continuation of his difficult ascent to purify.
Notes: Modern Library