A Study Guide for Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy)
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Divine Comedy
Dante Alighieri
1321
Introduction
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) wrote his epic poem, the Divine Comedy, during the last thirteen years of his life), while in exile from his native Florence. There are three parts to this massive work: Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. In each section Dante the poet recounts the travels of the Pilgrim-his alter ego-through hell, purgatory, and heaven, where he meets God face to face. The primary theme is clear. In a letter to his patron, Can Grande della Scala, Dante wrote simply that his poem was, on the literal level, about The state of souls after death.
It is, of course, that and much more; the poem works on a number of symbolic levels, much like the Bible, one of its primary sources. Like that sacred text, Dante meant his work and his Pilgrim traveler to serve as models for the reader. He hoped to lead that reader to a greater understanding of his place in the universe and to prepare him for the next life, for the life that begins after death.
The greatness of the Divine Comedy lies in its construction as a summa, as a summation of knowledge and experience. Dante was able to weave