DANTE ALIGHIERI;HENRY FRANCIS CARY
Paradiso The Divine Comedy (Italian: La Commedia, later La Divina Commedia) is a poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, that gives the widest synthesis of medieval culture and world ontology. It is a real medieval encyclopedia of scientific, political, philosophical, moral and religious knowledges. It is considered to be the preeminent work in Italian and world literature. In the earthy heaven Dante meets Beatrice, sitting in a chariot pulled by a vulture (allegory of the triumphed church); she persuades Dante to repent and praises him, already enlightened, to the skies. In the third part of the poem, Dante travels among seven spheres of Heaven that encircle the Earth and are relevant to the seven planets. Here Dante is introduced to paradise and even meets the Creator.
