Category: Divine Comedy

Paradiso: Cantos 23-33

This is the third installment of Paradiso, the last 11 cantos from 23 to 33. This also marks the end of the entire Divine Comedy.I

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Paradiso: Cantos 12-22

This is the second batch of 11 cantos- from 12-22 that make up the middle third of the third book of the Divine Comedy- Paradiso.

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Paradiso: Cantos 1-11

Continuing through Dante’s Divine Comedy, I will post the summaries in three parts. The entire canticle of Paradiso is 33 cantos, so I’ll post them

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Purgatorio: Cantos 23-33

Finished up my translation of Purgatorio. Canto XXIII The sixth level: gluttony cont. The canto starts with Dante still pondering the tree. Finally, Virgil tells him to

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Purgatorio: Cantos 12-22

Continuing through the Purgatorio with this second of three installments, this one covering cantos 12 to 22. Canto XII The first level: pride cont. The opening of

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Purgatorio: Cantos 1-11

There are 33 cantos in the Purgatorio, so I’ll post the recap in three sections of 11 cantos each. Here’s the first 11 chapters. Canto

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Inferno: Cantos 29-34

Canto XXIX Eighth circle, tenth ditch- counterfeiters/falsifiers Still considering the inhabitants of the ninth ditch, where the sowers of discord were condemned, Dante says his eyes were

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Inferno: Cantos 22-28

Canto XXII Still in the eighth circle, fifth ditch, which contains the bribe-takers, the pair set off accompanied by the ten demons. Dante says he has

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Inferno: Cantos 15-21

Canto XV As virgil and Dante are walking along the banks of the river, there is a mist that shades them from the fire flakes falling over the

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Inferno: Cantos 7-14

Canto VII  This canto starts off with some puzzlers, including the very first line:  «Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe!» uttered by Plutus.  Dante doesn’t explain what it means, and

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