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The Divine Comedy (Italian:
Divina Commedia) is a long Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered to be the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts:
Inferno,
Purgatorio, and
Paradiso.
The narrative takes as its literal subject the state of souls after death and presents an image of divine justice meted out as due punishment or reward, and describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven, while allegorically the poem represents the soul's journey towards God, beginning with the recognition and rejection of sin (
Inferno), followed by the penitent Christian life (
Purgatorio), which is then followed by the soul's ascent to God (
Paradiso). Dante draws on medieval Roman Catholic theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy derived from the
Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the
Summa in verse". In Dante's work, the pilgrim Dante is accompanied by three guides: Virgil (who represents human reason), Beatrice (who represents divine revelation, theology, faith, and grace), and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (who represents contemplative mysticism and devotion to Mary). Erich Auerbach said Dante was the first writer to depict human beings as the products of a specific time, place and circumstance as opposed to mythic archetypes or a collection of vices and virtues; this along with the fully imagined world of
The Divine Comedy, different from our own but fully visualized, suggests that the Divine Comedy could be said to have inaugurated modern fiction.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length12 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byAnna Cohen, James Taylor
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
52Purgatorio XVII
2Inferno I
53Purgatorio XVIII
3Inferno II
54Purgatorio XIX
4Inferno III
55Purgatorio XX
5Inferno IV
56Purgatorio XXI
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6Inferno V
57Purgatorio XXII
7Inferno VI
58Purgatorio XXIII
8Inferno VII
59Purgatorio XXIV
9Inferno VIII
60Purgatorio XXV
10Inferno IX
61Purgatorio XXVI
11Inferno X
62Purgatorio XXVII
12Inferno XI
63Purgatorio XXVIII
13Inferno XII
64Purgatorio XXIX
14Inferno XIII
65Purgatorio XXX
15Inferno XIV
66Purgatorio XXXI
16Inferno XV
67Purgatorio XXXII
17Inferno XVI
68Purgatorio XXXIII
18Inferno XVII
69Paradiso I
19Inferno XVIII
70Paradiso II
20Inferno XIX
71Paradiso III
21Inferno XX
72Paradiso IV
22Inferno XXI
73Paradiso V
23Inferno XXII
74Paradiso VI
24Inferno XXIII
75Paradiso VII
25Inferno XXIV
76Paradiso VIII
26Inferno XXV
77Paradiso IX
27Inferno XXVI
78Paradiso X
28Inferno XXVII
79Paradiso XI
29Inferno XXVIII
80Paradiso XII
30Inferno XXIX
81Paradiso XIII
31Inferno XXX
82Paradiso XIV
32Inferno XXXI
83Paradiso XV
33Inferno XXXII
84Paradiso XVI
34Inferno XXXIII
85Paradiso XVII
35Inferno XXXIV
86Paradiso XVIII
36Purgatorio I
87Paradiso XIX
37Purgatorio II
88Paradiso XX
38Purgatorio III
89Paradiso XXI
39Purgatorio IV
90Paradiso XXII
40Purgatorio V
91Paradiso XXIII
41Purgatorio VI
92Paradiso XXIV
42Purgatorio VII
93Paradiso XXV
43Purgatorio VIII
94Paradiso XXVI
44Purgatorio IX
95Paradiso XXVII
45Purgatorio X
96Paradiso XXVIII
46Purgatorio XI
97Paradiso XXIX
47Purgatorio XII
98Paradiso XXX
48Purgatorio XIII
99Paradiso XXXI
49Purgatorio XIV
100Paradiso XXXII
50Purgatorio XV
101Paradiso XXXIII
51Purgatorio XVI
102Closing Credits
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