Divina Commedia - Purgatorio

Purgatorio = Purgatory (The Divine Comedy, #2), Dante Alighieri 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 b Leggi tutto

This is a great book, but does require the notes to make any sense of it. Hundreds of characters from Danté's Italy not to mention host of mythological and Biblical ones tended to distract me just reading the poetry and appreciating Dante's wonderful descriptions. I have to stop at the end of each c Leggi tutto

Awakening is pure purgatorial fire. We know it under other names as well: sharp angst, a sick feeling of dread, or - as Sartre's Roquentin says, the pivotal point at which the whole world becomes de trop - just Too Much to stomach (so the name of that book is Nausea). And at that moment, ordinary ima Leggi tutto

After struggling through Inferno and having everyone tell me that it just gets worse, my hopes for Purgatorio and Paradiso were basically non-existent. I was bracing myself for a lengthy and boring reading experience and lots of frustration. Turns out, everyone was wrong! This book fucking slaps! I' Leggi tutto

The Purgatorio is the second part of Dante's masterpiece, The Divine Comedy . This is where according to Dante the sinners purge their sins by being repentant of the sins they have committed on earth. Unlike in Inferno, purgatory deals with sins more psychological than physical with many tiers (or "t Leggi tutto

"Observa el Purgatorio: el cerco duroque le circunda, mira: ve la entradaque allí parece que interrumpe el muro." ¿Quién dijo que El Infierno es la única parte interesante de La Divina Commedia? El Purgatorio es tan adictivo como el primero y ofrece una serie de atractivos tan variados como los que e Leggi tutto

در مزرع وجود شما، عشق بذر هر خوبی است، و نیز بذر هر بدی. ویرژیل دانته، در ادامه ی سفر خویش از دوزخ به بهشت، به برزخ می رسد. جایی که بنا بر الهیات مسیحی، بر خلاف دوزخ که عذاب ابدی است، گناهکاران پس از گذراندن دوره ی عذاب، پاک می شوند و به بهشت راه می یابند. در یکی از طبقات برزخ (طبقه ی نفس پرستی) دانته Leggi tutto

In The Inferno, Dante used his many skills of philosophical and theological argument, poetry, knowledge of the classics and the Christian Church to both show his readers the punishments that await them if they do not change their ways, but, also, to carry forth his own political and personal polemic Leggi tutto

سفر برزخ دانته، دومین مرحله از مراحل سه گانه سفر دانته به دنیای جاویده، در سفر قبل یعنی دوزخ، دانته از نُه طبقه مخوف و ظلمانی و از کوره راههای باریک عبور میکنه و از طرف دیگه کره ارض سر در میاره. سفر دوزخ از سطح زمین به طرف مرکز زمین و جایگاه شیطان بود و همه چیز زیر زمین اتفاق افتاد؛ ولی سفر برزخ روی Leggi tutto

For the Celebrity Death Match Review Tournament, Les Trois Mousquetaires (31) versus The Divine Comedy (26) - Welcome to Purgatory. Name, please? - Ah, D'Artagnan. I think there might have been some kind of... - We'll deal with that in a moment. Could we just start by taking care of the Deadly Sins pap Leggi tutto