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- (Alighieri, 1320) ⇒ Dante Alighieri. (1320). “Divina Commedia."
Subject Headings: Epic Poetry, Italian Literature, Western Canon.
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2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy Retrieved:2016-2-4.
- The Divine Comedy () is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature [1] and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. [2] 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. [3] It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven; [4] but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey towards God. [5] At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. [6] Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse". [7] The work was originally simply titled Comedìa and the word Divina was added by Giovanni Boccaccio. The first printed edition to add the word divina to the title was that of the Venetian humanist Lodovico Dolce, published in 1555 by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari.
- ↑ For example, Encyclopedia Americana, 2006, Vol. 30. p. 605: "the greatest single work of Italian literature;" John Julius Norwich, The Italians: History, Art, and the Genius of a People, Abrams, 1983, p. 27: "his tremendous poem, still after six and a half centuries the supreme work of Italian literature, remains – after the legacy of ancient Rome – the grandest single element in the Italian heritage;" and Robert Reinhold Ergang, The Renaissance, Van Nostrand, 1967, p. 103: "Many literary historians regard the Divine Comedy as the greatest work of Italian literature. In world literature it is ranked as an epic poem of the highest order."
- ↑ See also Western canon for other "canons" that include the Divine Comedy.
- ↑ See or any other history of Italian language.
- ↑ Peter E. Bondanella, The Inferno, Introduction, p. xliii, Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003, ISBN 1-59308-051-4: "the key fiction of the Divine Comedy is that the poem is true."
- ↑ Dorothy L. Sayers, Hell, notes on page 19.
- ↑ Charles Allen Dinsmore, The Teachings of Dante, Ayer Publishing, 1970, p. 38, ISBN 0-8369-5521-8.
- ↑ The Fordham Monthly Fordham University, Vol. XL, Dec. 1921, p. 76
Quotes
- Per me si va ne la città dolente,
per me si va ne l'etterno dolore,
per me si va tra la perduta gente.
Giustizia mosse il mio alto fattore:
fecemi la divina potestate,
la somma sapienza e 'l primo amore.
Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create
se non etterne, e io etterno duro.
Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate- Through me you go to the grief wracked city;
Through me you go to everlasting pain;
Through me you go a pass among lost souls.
Justice inspired my exalted Creator: I am a creature of the Holiest Power,
of Wisdom in the Highest and of Primal Love.
Nothing till I was made was made, only eternal beings.
And I endure eternally.
Abandon all hope — Ye Who Enter Here
- Through me you go to the grief wracked city;
- “The more a thing is perfect, the more if feels pleasure and pain.”
- “L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.”
- “The devil is not as black as he is painted.”
- “O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?”
- “Into the eternal darkness, into fire and into ice. ”
- “Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge.”
- From a little spark may burst a flame.
- The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
- The secret of getting things done is to act!
- Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
- Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men.
- Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal.
- There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.
- The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.
- Nature is the art of God.
- Follow your own star!
- The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise.
- O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
- In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost.
- Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.
- Beauty awakens the soul to act.
- Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
References
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
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| 1320 DivinaCommedia | Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) | Divina Commedia | 1320 JL |
A 1320 DivinaCommedia is a Narrative Poetry that ...
- See: Erich Auerbach, Narrative Poetry, Dante Alighieri, Italian Literature, Western Literature, Western Canon, Afterlife, Medieval Philosophy, Western Christianity, Tuscan Dialect, Italian Language, Inferno (Dante).
References
2024
- (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy Retrieved:2024-4-7.
- The Divine Comedy () is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature [1] and one of the greatest works of Western literature. [2] The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it existed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. [3] It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The poem discusses "the state of the soul after death and presents an image of divine justice meted out as due punishment or reward",[4] and describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. [5] Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's journey towards God, [6] 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 Catholic theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy derived from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. [7] Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse". In the poem, the pilgrim Dante is accompanied by three guides: [4] Virgil, who represents human reason, and who guides him for all of Inferno and most of Purgatorio;[8] Beatrice, who represents divine revelation[8] in addition to theology, grace, and faith; [9] and guides him from the end of Purgatorio onwards; and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who represents contemplative mysticism and devotion to Mary the Mother, guiding him in the final cantos of Paradiso. [10] The work was originally simply titled Comedìa (, Tuscan for "Comedy") – so also in the first printed edition, published in 1472 – later adjusted to the modern Italian . The adjective was added by Giovanni Boccaccio,[11] owing to its subject matter and lofty style, and the first edition to name the poem Divina Comedia in the title was that of the Venetian humanist Lodovico Dolce, [12] published in 1555 by Gabriele Giolito de' Ferrari. 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, concluding that this, along with the fully imagined world of the Divine Comedy, suggests that the Divine Comedy inaugurated realism and self-portraiture in modern fiction.
- ↑ For example, Encyclopedia Americana, 2006, Vol. 30. p. 605: "the greatest single work of Italian literature;" John Julius Norwich, The Italians: History, Art, and the Genius of a People, Abrams, 1983, p. 27: "his tremendous poem, still after six and a half centuries the supreme work of Italian literature, remains – after the legacy of ancient Rome – the grandest single element in the Italian heritage;" and Robert Reinhold Ergang, The Renaissance, Van Nostrand, 1967, p. 103: "Many literary historians regard the Divine Comedy as the greatest work of Italian literature. In world literature it is ranked as an epic poem of the highest order."
- ↑ See also Western canon for other "canons" that include the Divine Comedy.
- ↑ See Or any other history of Italian language.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vallone, Aldo. "Commedia" (trans. Robin Treasure). In: Lansing (ed.), The Dante Encyclopedia, pp. 181–184.
- ↑ Peter E. Bondanella, The Inferno, Introduction, p. xliii, Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003, : "the key fiction of the Divine Comedy is that the poem is true."
- ↑ Dorothy L. Sayers, Hell, notes on p. 19.
- ↑ Charles Allen Dinsmore, The Teachings of Dante (Ayer, 1970), p. 38, .
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Emmerson, Richard K., and Ronald B. Herzman. "Revelation". In: Lansing (ed.), The Dante Encyclopedia, pp. 742–744.
- ↑ Ferrante, Joan M. "Beatrice". In: Lansing (ed.), The Dante Encyclopedia, pp. 87–94.
- ↑ Picone, Michelangelo. "Bernard, St." (trans. Robin Treasure). In: Lansing (ed.), The Dante Encyclopedia, pp. 99–100.
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