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Original Title:	Purgatorio
ISBN:	0195087453 (ISBN13: 9780195087451)
Edition Language:	Italian
Series:	La Divina Commedia #2
Characters:	Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro), Dante Alighieri

Purgatorio (La Divina Commedia #2)

Dante Alighieri

Paperback | Pages: 704 pages

Rating: 4.02 | 20963 Users | 711 Reviews

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Title	:	Purgatorio (La Divina Commedia #2)
Author	:	Dante Alighieri
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 704 pages
Published	:	April 8th 2004 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published 1316)
Categories	:	Classics. Poetry. Fiction. Literature. Religion. European Literature. Italian Literature. Fantasy

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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 chapter and read the notes to understand the context and people that Dante is referring to. I agree that it would be impossible to ever write this book without references to contemporary politics and so it probably felt dated in that manner even as Boccacio was writing Dante's biography and promoting this up-to-then banned masterpiece 50 years after Dante finished it. Perhaps a lot of postmodern literature will suffer from the same feeling of obsolescence? Am I a hypocrite because I also adore Pynchon, DFW, Proust and Joyce who also require dense footnotes to completely understand? Perhaps but my point was more that I have to read this in a stop and start manner and it takes a little away from the pleasure of reading straight through.

All that being said, there is nothing in Western literature quite like the Divine Comedy and this central volume of 33 cantos is of unsurpassed depth and beauty.

If I were to express this book in a picture, I would probably see something like this: http://www.comuseum.com/wp-content/up... from Dong Qichang (董其昌, 1555-1636) as it seems to express the long hazardous climb and yet the peaceful conclusion awaiting Dante at the top.

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Wonderfully conceived and superbly written, I can't help but admire Dante's vision and dedication.But - as with his Inferno too - I have failed to acknowledge its universal scope and relevance... For me, it's a Catholic-political allegory about obscure events and minor individuals in 1300 AD Italian peninsula and Dante's intention of passing judgement on them to appear their better...

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 paperwork? - Um...- Thank you. Number one, Pride. Any offences?- Look, obviously I'm pretty damn cool, but, you know...- Pride, tick. Please pick up a stone on your way out, I think you'll want an L.

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 chapter and read the notes to understand the context and people that Dante is referring to. I agree that it would be impossible to ever write this book without references to contemporary politics and

There are two kinds of people who read Dante. The first kind gets all excited about people stuck head down in piles of shit, and wishes that the adulterers and libertines could just keep on doing what they did in the real world, because it's so romantic. The second kind gets all excited about griffins pulling chariots, the relationship between the political and the religious, and the neoplatonic ascent from beautiful woman to Beauty and God. I am the second kind; I can see the pull of the first

Interesting interpretation of Purgatory. It was certainly a relief after the Inferno. I want to read it again before writing a review. On to Paradiso.

Beautiful and ingenious. There is much more light and lightness here than in Inferno. And music!

Although I enjoyed some parts of this book more than Inferno, some parts rubbed me the wrong way. I don't like the idea of purgatory where you suffer for centuries and you're supposed to like it.