Inferno

Author: Dante Alighieri
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The Divine Comedy is an epic poem consisting of three cantos, each containing thirty-three cantos, plus an introductory canto, totaling one hundred cantos. This symmetrical structure is based on the medieval mystical significance and symbolic concepts of numbers. From an allegorical perspective, this fictional miraculous journey represents the spiritual journey of the soul's purification. Virgil symbolizes reason and philosophy; he guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory, symbolizing how humans, through reason and philosophy, come to understand the consequences of sin and thus repent and reform.