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Purgatorio (Italian: [purɡaˈtɔːrjo]; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso.The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil – except for the last four cantos, at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante ...
[1] To begin our discussion of Purgatorio, we begin by introducing the importance of the theology of Purgatory.As historian Jacques Le Goff notes in his book The Birth of Purgatory (orig. 1981; trans. Arthur Goldhammer for U. of Chicago Press, 1984), Purgatory as a concept was, in Dante’s time, of much more recent vintage than Hell or Paradise, both of which have ancient origins.
Location of Purgatory. In the Divine Comedy, Dante conceives of Hell as an immense, upside-down conical abyss that stops at the very center of the Earth. Damned souls, according to the gravity of their sins, which they wilfully chose over God, are punished on various levels within the cone.
Purgatorio Summary. Dante, having just emerged from his journey through Hell, arrives in Purgatory at dawn on Easter Sunday. With Virgil, his guide through the afterlife, he meets the soul of Cato, a pagan political leader who died in the first century B.C.E. Cato grants the two men entrance into Purgatory, and in preparation for the journey ...
First Stage (Stubbornness) Band of souls around the wall of rock. This stage is at the very base of the mountain and is part of what is known as Ante-Purgatory. In it, the two poets encounter the souls of those who delayed their Christian life because of their stubbornness to obey God’s laws. They are to remain in here for a period that is ...
6 de ene. de 2004 · Purgatorio. Dante. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 6, 2004 - Poetry - 848 pages. Jean Hollander, an accomplished poet, and Robert Hollander, a renowned scholar and master teacher, whose joint translation of the Inferno was acclaimed as a new standard in English, bring their respective gifts to Purgatorio in an arresting and clear verse ...
Dante's Purgatorio - Main Page. Dante and his guide, Virgil, arrive on the shores of the Island-Mountain of Purgatory, located in the southern hemisphere, on Easter morning, 1300. Join them as they climb the mountain, from base to summit, over the course of three full days. Visit the Purgatory Gallery. Back to Danteworlds main page.
