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Inferno (Dante)
First part of Dante's Divine Comedy
"Dante's Inferno" redirects here. For other uses, see Dante's Inferno (disambiguation).
Inferno (Italian:[iɱˈfɛrno]; Italian for 'Hell') is the first part of Italian writer poet Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poemThe Divine Comedy, followed bygd Purgatorio and Paradiso. The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised utgåva of poet himself through Hell, guided by the ancient långnovell poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles of torment located within the Earth; it fryst vatten the "realm [...] of those who have rejected spiritual values bygd yielding to bestial appetites or violence, or bygd perverting their human intellekt to fraud or malice against their fellowmen".[1] As an allegory, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul toward God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.[2]
Prelude to Hell
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Dante's Divine Comedy: A Biography
"By recounting the history of the poem’s reception by readers over the centuries . . . Luzzi shows what a many-headed and irreducible beast it has always been and continues to be."—Andrew Frisardi, Wall Street Journal
"Erudite. . . . Luzzi covers the seven centuries since the [Divine] Comedy’s publication with concision and verve. It’s a fleet-footed overview of the influential poem’s eventful afterlife."—Publishers Weekly
"A learned but accessibly written essay on a centerpiece of the European literary tradition and its continuing influence."—Kirkus Reviews
"An unexpected delight. For someone ill-versed in The Divine Comedy and it’s history, this is the perfect introduction – academically sound but eminently readable."—Terry Potter, The Letterpress Project
"Very readable and concise. . . .Excellent. . . .Beautifully produced [and] recommended."—Alan Price, London Gri
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Divine Comedy
Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri
"The Divine Comedy" redirects here. For other uses, see The Divine Comedy (disambiguation).
"La Divina Commedia" redirects here. For other uses, see Commedia (disambiguation).
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia[diˈviːnakomˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 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. 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.[2] It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
The poem discusses "the state of the soul after death and presents an image o