Dante Alighieri,  1265-1321 <br/><br/>
Divina Commedia di Dante: Purgatorio 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatorio  Release date is 1997-08-01 
<br/><br/> "Divina Commedia di Dante: Purgatorio" by Dante Alighieri is the second part of the Divine Comedy written in the early 14th century. Guided by the Roman poet Virgil, Dante climbs Mount Purgatory, an island-mountain where penitent souls undergo spiritual purification. Through seven terraces corresponding to the deadly sins, Dante explores the nature of sin, virtue, and redemption. The poem presents a theory that all sins stem from perverted, deficient, or excessive love, while prayer emerges as a powerful force aiding souls in their ascent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Italian poetry -- To 1400 Epic poetry, Italian 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PQ