Divine Comedy Italian

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide, his ascent of Mount Purgatory and his encounter with his dead love Beatrice, and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. This major translation is published here for the first time in a single volume.

One of the greatest works in literature, Dante's story-poem is an allegory that represents mankind as it exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice. A single listen will reveal Dante's visual imagination and uncanny power to make the spiritual visible.

Dante's Divine Comedy is considered to be not only the most important epic poem in Italian literature, but also one of the greatest poems ever written. It consists of 100 cantos, and (after an introductory canto) they are divided into three sections. Each section is 33 cantos in length, and they describe how Dante and a guide travel through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Guided by the Roman poet Virgil and the love of his life, Beatrice, Dante traverses the three realms of the dead—Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven—encountering sinners, souls seeking forgiveness, and divine beings. With vivid imagery, sharp social commentary, and profound spiritual insight, The Divine Comedy is an unforgettable exploration of the human soul’s journey toward salvation.

The Divine Comedy is Dante's record of his visionary journey through the triple realms of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. This, the first epic of which its author is the protagonist and his individual imaginings the content, weaves together the three threads of classical and Christian history, contemporary Medieval politics and religion, and Dante's own inner life including his love for Beatrice, to create the most complex and highly structured long poem extant.

Le tre cantiche inì un unico audiolibro, precedute da riassunti e seguiti da note storiche esplicative del testo.

This unique poetic translation by Herbert A. Kenny, historian and poet, is the first that incorporates the Biblical, theological and historical allusions of the greatest poem im Christendom into the text itself. It can now be appreciated without a glossary or accompanying notes. Listen as the liquid lines take you through the horrors of the "Inferno", the mysteries of "Purgatorio" and the glories of "Paradiso".

La selva oscura. Cerbero, Minosse e lo spaventoso Lucifero. Amore e morte di Paolo e Francesca. La folle impresa di Ulisse e i tormenti del conte Ugolino. Casella, Manfredi, i poeti Guinizzelli e Arnaut. Dalla soglia del Purgatorio al giardino dell’Eden. Purificazione e ascensione al cielo. Le schiere dei beati. Giustiniano celebra l’autorità imperiale e San Pietro tuona contro il degrado della Chiesa. L’Empireo e la visione di Dio. Tra angeli e diavoli, atroci supplizi e sublimi astrazioni, sotto la guida di Virgilio, Stazio e Beatrice, Dante compie il suo viaggio oltremondano.

The most famous of the three canticles that compose The Divine Comedy, "Inferno" describes Dante's descent into Hell midway through his life, with Virgil as a guide. As he descends through nine concentric circles of increasingly agonizing torture, Dante encounters doomed souls that include the pagan Aeneas, the liar Odysseus, the suicidal Cleopatra, and his own political enemies, damned for their deceit.

L'audiolibro contiene una raccolta dei canti più conosciuti e frequentati della Divina Commedia. Dante racconta il suo viaggio ultraterreno durante il quale incontra personaggi quali Caronte, Paolo e Francesca, Farinata, Ulisse, il Conte Ugolino, Manfredi, Sordello, fino al finale del grande capolavoro, con la preghiera alla Vergine e la visione estasiata di Dio.