The Divine Comedy - Dante Alighieri, John Aitken Carlyle, Thomas Okey & Philip H. Wicksteed

The Divine Comedy

By Dante Alighieri, John Aitken Carlyle, Thomas Okey & Philip H. Wicksteed

  • Release Date: 2007-05-01
  • Genre: Fiction
  • © 2007 by Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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The Divine Comedy Dante Alighieri, John Aitken Carlyle, Thomas Okey & Philip H. Wicksteed

Summary : The Divine Comedy

Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this classic masterpiece, originally published in 1320, read by award-winning narrator Ralph Cosham.

No words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and of artistry. Dante’s theme is universal; it involves the greatest concepts that man has ever attained. Only a genius could have found the loftiness of tone and the splendor and variety of images that are presented in The Divine Comedy.

The story is an allegory representing the soul’s journey from spiritual depths to spiritual heights. As mankind exposes itself, by its merits or demerits, to the rewards or the punishments of justice, it experiences “Inferno” or hell, “Purgatorio” or purgatory, and “Paradiso” or heaven, a vision of a world of beauty, light, and song. Dante’s arduous journey through the circles of hell make for an incredibly moving human drama, and a single listen will reveal the power of Dante’s imagination to make the spiritual visible.

In this edition, “Inferno” is translated by John Aitken Carlyle, “Purgatorio,” by Thomas Okey, and “Paradiso” by Philip H. Wicksteed.

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