Lenten Reading Anyone? How About Dante's Divine Comedy?
Darwin Catholic will be doing a series of Lenten meditations on the Divine Comedy. Darwin has posted Part I of the series today:
... The poem is, at root, about conversion, and the path to personal salvation and union with God. In the poem's opening, Dante realizes (as one waking from a sleep) that he long ago left the straight path towards heaven, and finds himself lost in a dark wood and beset by beasts that represent the vices of lust, pride and greed...
Labels: Lent, Literature
posted by Pro Ecclesia 10:43 AM
2 comments
2 Comments:
I just finished an excellent English translation of Inferno (which sent me immediately to re-read Niven & Pournelle's version). I really must get back over the library to get Purgatorio.
I'm debating on whether to read the entire Divine Comedy starting on Good Friday so you could follow Dante's track through Hell, the Mount of Purgatory, and into the beauty of the Celestial spheres (and keep in time with the season).
Personally I'd recommend the Ciardi translation of it.
Post a Comment
<< Home