Bibliograph

The comedy of Dante Alighieri, the Florentine, Cantica II, Purgatory (il Purgatorio), translated by Dorothy L. Sayers

Type

Label

The comedy of Dante Alighieri, the Florentine, Cantica II, Purgatory (il Purgatorio), translated by Dorothy L. Sayers

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The comedy of Dante Alighieri, the Florentine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

translated by Dorothy L. Sayers

Series statement

The divine comedy, v. 2Penguin classics

Sub title

Cantica II, Purgatory (il Purgatorio)

Summary

"Purgatorio relates in thirty-three cantos Dante's progress, still with Virgil as his guide, up the mountain of purgatory, where souls expiate their sins before they enter heaven. As hell has circles, purgatory has terraces, one above the other, each representing one of the seven mortal sins. In each, an appropriate type of penance is practiced, and the spirit ascending the mountain must cleanse itself of each sin of which it is guilty."

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Purgatory

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