Dante's Purgatory (Audio CD): A Study on Part II of the Divine Comedy Contributor(s): Esolen, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1618900234 ISBN-13: 9781618900234 Publisher: Catholic Courses OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: January 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Religion - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: We Know What Happens in Hell...But What about Purgatory? Dante's Inferno revealed some titillating details about the punishments inflicted on sinners - but in a way, we already knew what happens to people in Hell. What we don't know is what happens to people who end up in Purgatory. In this second part of The Divine Comedy, Dante probes the mysteries of that strange and often misunderstood place between earth and Heaven. Climb the Mount Purgatory is a place to work through - no one gets stuck there forever. The souls in Dante's Purgatory must climb up seven terraces on Mount Purgatory before they can reach Heaven. On these terraces, Dante and Virgil find:
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Contributor Bio(s): Esolen, Anthony: - Professor Anthony Esolen holds a Doctorate in Renaissance English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a Professor of English at Providence College, located in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the translator of the celebrated three-volume Modern Library edition of Dante's Divine Comedy (Random House). He is a Senior Editor for Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, and his articles appear regularly in First Things, Catholic World Report, Magnificat, This Rock, and Latin Mass. |