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Divine Comedy - Inferno

Dante Alighieri

The Inferno is an allegorical poem by Dante Alighieri featuring the poet as himself as he travels through the 9 circles of hell. He's guided by the Roman poet Virgil, who shows him each group of sinne..

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri, written between 1308 and 1321, and it's considered one of the greatest works of world literature. It contains the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise..

Divine Comedy - Purgatory

Dante Alighieri

Purgatory is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno, and preceding the Paradiso. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dant..

Divine Comedy - Paradise

Dante Alighieri

Paradise is the third and final part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and the Purgatorio. It is an allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by Beatrice, who symbolises..

The Banquet

Dante Alighieri

Between 1304 and 1307 Dante wrote Convivio, or "The Banquet," a philosophical essay which is part poetry and part prose. It is in four parts, or treatises, and is unfinished. It is the record of Dante..

The New Life (La Vita Nuova)

Dante Alighieri

The New Life (La Vita Nuova) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1295. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse.The..

The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, Complete

Dante Alighieri

Purgatory is part of an Italian epic poem The Divine Comedy written in many contos by Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and late..