Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (Original Translation) Poetry Novel

Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise-the sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation. The Divine Comedy describes in an epic way Dantes three days long journey. His helper was Virgil. He was the voice of reason and Beatrice was the symbol of Lords mercy. With their help Dante had to go through hell, purgatory and heaven. The Divine Comedy is written divided to three parts and each of them has 33 cantos that are the same length. The first canto is also included and all together there are 100 cantos. Every part ends with the word ''stelle'' which means stars.