Dante The Divine Comedy

The poem s imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world view as it had developed in the western church by the 14th century.

Dante the divine comedy. Dante dante the divine comedy. A landmark of world literature the divine comedy tells of the poet dante s travels through hell purgatory and paradise in search of salvation. 1308 and completed in 1320 a year before his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work in italian literature and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.

The divine comedy by dante alighieri digital dante edition with commento baroliniano mmxiv mmxx columbia university. It helped establish the tuscan language in which it is written as the standard. The divine comedy is dante s record of his visionary journey through the triple realms of hell purgatory and paradise. The divine comedy dante is guided by the roman poet virgil who represents the epitome of human knowledge from the dark wood through the descending circles of the pit of hell inferno.

In classic terminology a comedy is a work that begins in misery or deep confusion and ends in elation or happiness. Dante called his poem a comedy. Dante was an italian poet and moral philosopher best known for the epic poem the divine comedy which comprises sections representing the three tiers of the christian afterlife. It is widely considered to be the pre eminent work in italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature.

Dante s years of exile were years of difficult peregrinations from one place to another as he himself repeatedly says most effectively in paradiso xvii in cacciaguida s moving lamentation that bitter is the taste of another man s bread and heavy the way up and down another man s stair. Passing lucifer at the pit s bottom at the dead centre of the world dante and virgil emerge on the beach of the island mountain of purgatory. Belonging in the immortal company of the great works of literature dante alighieri s poetic masterpiece the divine comedy is a moving human drama an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of hell up the arduous slopes of purgatory and on to the glorious realm of paradise the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. The divine comedy is a long narrative poem by dante alighieri begun c.

Before he is redeemed by his love for the heavenly beatrice he learns the meaning of evil sin damnation and forgiveness through a series of unforgettable experiences and encounters.