Saturday, November 23, 2013

The Paradiso

by Dante Alighieri, translated by John Ciardi

In the third part of the Divine Comedy, the character of Dante Alighieri ascends through the seven spheres of the Heaven to the presence of God Himself. Despite my quibbles with his theology and outright rejection of his cosmology, I loved how Dante (the author) was able to make the heavenly journey crescendo to its ultimate conclusion. It's a beautiful work of literature. 

It's on my shelf!
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

The Purgatorio

by Dante Alighieri, translated by John Ciardi

This is the second volume of Dante's Divine Comedy. (Technically, I don't know if the Comedy is really a three-volume work or if that's just how Penguin Books published it. But I digress...) I found this the least interesting part--I don't know if it was that the imagery was less dramatic than in The Inferno or it was because I don't believe in Purgatory. Still, it's worth the read for the gems of Dante's craft that do shine forth.

Check it out!
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