Inferno
Poem by Dante Alighieri
Author: Dante Alighieri
Publication date: c. 1321
Original language: Italian
Publication place: Italy
Genre: narrative poem
Adapted from: Divine Comedy
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The Inferno describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himself through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil.
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Inferno is an Italian epic poem by Dante Alighieri that was probably written around 1314 and first published in 1321.
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The allegorical story of a spiritual quest that begins in a dark forest, traverses Hell's nine circles, and ends at the hopeful edge of purgatory.
1The action of the poem begins on Good Friday of the year 1300, at which time Dante, who was born in 1265, had reached the middle of the Scriptual threescore ...
Dante's Inferno, widely hailed as one of the great classics of Western literature, details Dante's journey through the nine circles of Hell.
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Inferno opens on the evening of Good Friday in the year 1300. Traveling through a dark wood, Dante Alighieri has lost his path and now wanders fearfully ...
May 3, 2024 · The nine circles of hell, as depicted in Dante's Inferno, represent a gradual descent into increasing levels of sin and punishment—from the ...
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A groundbreaking bilingual edition of Dante's masterpiece that includes a substantive Introduction, extensive notes, and appendixes that reproduce Dante's key ...
Nov 26, 2024 · The Inferno is the first section of The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–21), a long narrative poem composed of three sections (or canticles) written ...