ISBN: | 9781596741607 |
Publisher: | The Divine Comedy |
Published: | 1 January, 2012 |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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The 'Divine Comedy' was entitled by Dante himself merely 'Commedia,' meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary typ
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