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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
Didn’t enjoy it until I heard an amazing lecture about it, not fun but interesting
So elaborate. While I do appreciate Dores illustrations and the world building Dante creates the flowery prose that Longfellow translate the verses too were hard to comprehend in the beginning till the end I had to look up many historical and scholastic references and yet I still see how important this work is digesting christian doctrine and how ot shapes both Divine grace and justice in terms of not just personal devotion but that of grace given by others
Read it hear https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/Danthome.php but was so bored I ended up reading the summary of each canto at course hero. So many people and cultural references I don’t understand nor do I care about.
Idk, like I enjoyed it but homeboy cut A LOT of stuff out. Where was Dante’s solo adventure???? Why deprive him of the pleasure??? Read Mary Jo Bang’s translation if u want a 5 star time
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
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One of the defining books in the literary canon, it’s impact on culture and perception and visualisation of the devilish and divine, as well as it’s theology, philosophy, it’s humanity, and sheer talent at parts warrants it be a mandatory visit to everyone.
Going to review this in three,
Inferno: very cool, would make a good Netflix series, amazing visualisation of hell, is the base from which all references to hell are understood and all depictions are based. Written very easy to understand but very well, lots of references.
Purgatorio: two bros climb a mountain, not as striking but beautiful, has a lot more to discuss— the scene where Dante struggles to climb and Virgil looks down at him and tells him that the further he climbs the easier it will become is absolutely inspiring— I think this book is very inspirational for those wanting to break from sin, and thats what Dante did.
Paradisio:
One of the defining books in the literary canon, it’s impact on culture and perception and visualisation of the devilish and divine, as well as it’s theology, philosophy, it’s humanity, and sheer talent at parts warrants it be a mandatory visit to everyone.
Going to review this in three,
Inferno: very cool, would make a good Netflix series, amazing visualisation of hell, is the base from which all references to hell are understood and all depictions are based. Written very easy to understand but very well, lots of references.
Purgatorio: two bros climb a mountain, not as striking but beautiful, has a lot more to discuss— the scene where Dante struggles to climb and Virgil looks down at him and tells him that the further he climbs the easier it will become is absolutely inspiring— I think this book is very inspirational for those wanting to break from sin, and thats what Dante did.
Paradisio:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One of the defining books in the literary canon, it’s impact on culture and perception and visualisation of the devilish and divine, as well as it’s theology, philosophy, it’s humanity, and sheer talent at parts warrants it be a mandatory visit to everyone.
Going to review this in three,
Inferno: very cool, would make a good Netflix series, amazing visualisation of hell, is the base from which all references to hell are understood and all depictions are based. Written very easy to understand but very well, lots of references.
Purgatorio: two bros climb a mountain, not as striking but beautiful, has a lot more to discuss— the scene where Dante struggles to climb and Virgil looks down at him and tells him that the further he climbs the easier it will become is absolutely inspiring— I think this book is very inspirational for those wanting to break from sin, and thats what Dante did.
Paradisio:
One of the defining books in the literary canon, it’s impact on culture and perception and visualisation of the devilish and divine, as well as it’s theology, philosophy, it’s humanity, and sheer talent at parts warrants it be a mandatory visit to everyone.
Going to review this in three,
Inferno: very cool, would make a good Netflix series, amazing visualisation of hell, is the base from which all references to hell are understood and all depictions are based. Written very easy to understand but very well, lots of references.
Purgatorio: two bros climb a mountain, not as striking but beautiful, has a lot more to discuss— the scene where Dante struggles to climb and Virgil looks down at him and tells him that the further he climbs the easier it will become is absolutely inspiring— I think this book is very inspirational for those wanting to break from sin, and thats what Dante did.
Paradisio:
This is one of those books that I'm glad I read, but I don't imagine I will be revisiting it in years to come.
Some parts were kind of boring but a lot of parts between Dante and Virgil or Dante and Beatrice were very cute, and I liked some of the political commentary