The Divine Comedy
Inferno's larger work
The Divine Comedy is a 14th-century Italian epic poem by Dante Alighieri, divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
The narrator journeys through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, guided first by the poet Virgil, then by his idealized beloved Beatrice.
Often considered the supreme work of Italian literature, it established Tuscan dialect as the foundation of modern Italian.
References to Dante's circles of hell pervade Western culture: That commute was the ninth circle of hell.
- DanteItalian epic poet
- dark woodLightless wooded area
- nine circlesInferno's concentric realms
- ParadisoHeaven in verse
- BeatriceClassical feminine name
Virgil · guided tour · afterlife journey · hell · eternal flame · heaven · purgatory · circles · Florence · pilgrim · souls · torment · redemption · allegory · medieval · epic · cantos · sinners
- Classic BooksPride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Moby Dick, Moby-Dick, Great Expectations
- classicsHomer, Iliad, the Iliad, Odyssey, the Odyssey
- MasterpiecesMona Lisa, Last Supper, Starry Night, The Scream, David
- Italian LiteratureDante, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Machiavelli, Dante Alighieri
- Renaissance LiteratureShakespeare, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Prince, Don Quixote
- Romance LiteratureFrench literature, Les Miserables, Italian literature, Spanish literature, Madame Bovary
The Divine Comedytragedy
Disastrous or sorrowful event
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The Divine ComedyThe Waste Land
Fragmented 1922 modernist poem
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Novella exploring imperialism's brutality
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