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,” ...

Now it’s the turn of Purgatorio, where souls who need purifying are cleansed from of the stain of sin. After that — heaven. Note the neat bit of catechesis (one of many) that Dante ...

I like to think of Purgatorio as a realm of hope ... long regarded by skeptics as a mere region on the map incapable of political unity, Dante's epic work would undergo a rapturous cultural ...

Sacred and profane, visceral and enlightening, The Divine Comedy, which consists of the three parts of Inferno, Purgatorio ... Dante’s Divine Comedy is a stygian delight for the lover of literature ...

Mary Jo Bang joins Kevin Young to to discuss her translation of Dante’s Purgatorio, excerpts of which are featured on newyorker.com. Bang is a poet who has received the National Book Critics ...

reinterprets Dante Alighieri’s epic 14th-century narrative poem across three discrete immersive environments. Audiences enter 10 at a time, with an additional $20 charge for the experience, and pass ...

Over the text, he layers maps, cardboard ... “There’s one of a burning figure, and it’s full of Dante’s Purgatorio. ” Graham walked into yet another room, calling to us, but Sacks ...

Yesterday I was talking about Picasso to an old friend who trained as an art ... end of Purgatorio is breathtaking. But to offer an example with contemporary resonance, here is Dante, from ...

Dante: Purgatorio by Alejandro de la Costa and translated by Mark-Brian Sonna with original music by Mark-Brian Sonna will run October 16 - November 8, 2014. After escaping from Hell in his search ...