was it good???
2006-11-26 15:39:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Yeah it's great. The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance, and one of the greatest works of world literature.
2006-11-26 18:04:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dante was an Italian living about 1300, and wrote a trilogy known as The Divine Comedy. The best known book is Inferno (hell). The other two are Purgatorio and Paradiso. Inferno is the easiest to read, the most descriptive and least theological / philosophical of the three. It's good, but that doesn't guarantee you'll enjoy it.
2006-11-26 23:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the first part of three in Dante's Divine Comedy. I enjoyed reading the entire set, but did so as part of a college class. You can still enjoy reading it, but unless you have a very good knowledge of mythology and of politics of the day, it may be very hard to understand some parts. I have read through the the work 3 times since I took the class (5 years ago).
It's very cool to hear it in the original italian as well. You can tell just by listening to the way the words sound if you are in the Inferno, Purgatory, or Paradiso (heaven).
I read John Ciardi's translation.
2006-11-27 11:29:24 · answer #3 · answered by Brian D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Inferno by Dante Alighieri is written as a long poem discussing the descent of the main character through the various levels of Hell. There is a companion book called Purgatory.
2006-11-26 23:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's wonderful. Dante's vision of Hell is a rational universe turned upside down. One of the guilty pleasures of literature is discovering which sin and its corresponding punishment you like the most. The simoniacs, for example, are people who tried to buy their way into the Church, you know, by purchasing bishoprics and such. Their eternal punishment is to be screwed head first into an infinitely tightening, shrinking hole in the walls of Hell, one sinner right behind the other. It sounds sick, but there's a certain logic to it.
2006-11-27 01:51:13 · answer #5 · answered by northpoint4@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I've taught it. I like it. It's helpful to pick a good translation. The Sayers trans. is pretty good. There's a trans. by John Ciardi that's in fairly modern language, but still preserves most of the beauty of earlier trans.
2006-11-26 23:59:34 · answer #6 · answered by dramaturgerenata78 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've heard of it but I have not read it.
All I know is that it is about the layers in purgatory or something like that. Maybe I should read it
2006-11-26 23:47:18 · answer #7 · answered by Ms.BusyBody 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, didn't really like it. It helps to have the cliffnotes.
2006-11-26 23:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by mamabear406 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. No.
2006-11-26 23:42:07 · answer #9 · answered by Beejee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋