Dante's first major work links 31 poems inspired by his love of Beatrice, with a prose narrative that celebrates the subject of love while commenting on the nature of the poet's art.
Mark Musa Livres
"Toutes les fois, ô gracieuses dames, que, pensant en moi-même, je regarde combien vous êtes naturellement pitoyables, autant de fois je connais que la présente oeuvre aura, à votre jugement, fâcheux et ennuyeux commencement, aussi bien comme est douloureuse la souvenance qu'elle porte en son front de la pestilentieuse mortalité dernière, universellement dommageable à chacun qui la vit ou qui autrement la connut ; mais je ne veux pourtant que ceci vous épouvante..."
The second volume in Dante's Divine Comedy Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory - a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden. The second part of one of the greatest epic poems, Purgatory is an enthralling Christian allegory of sin, redemption and ultimate enlightenment. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
