The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso)

Author: Dante Zhang Shuguang
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The pinnacle of world literary history, an immortal poem that has thrived for six hundred years. The poem is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Written by the Italian poet Dante during his exile. It narrates the poet getting lost in a dark forest, meeting the ghost of the ancient Roman poet Virgil, who symbolizes wisdom, and guides him through Hell and Purgatory. The young lover Beatrice then takes him to Paradise, leading him from darkness and error to the sacred light of divine revelation. T.S. Eliot believed that only Shakespeare could rival Dante, and they shared the modern world with no third party.