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"But already my desire and my will were being turned like a steering wheel, all at one acceleration, by the Love which steps the sun and the other celebrities." (Dante, The Divine Comedy) Among the surest indications of fame is usually to be known exclusively by one's first name, with the mention of just that first name making clear who's being spoken of. So that it is with Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), known simply as Dante thanks to the success of The Divine Comedy, one of the seminal works in Traditional western literature. With Divine Comedy, Dante is often considered the expert of modern day Italian, as well as a forerunner of the Renaissance, which started out to flourish in Florence around once. The Divine Comedy tells of Dante's voyage through Hell (the Inferno), Purgatory, and Paradise, led by famous poets including Virgil. Dante's epic discusses faith, philosophy, and an array of subject matter throughout his travels. Dante took nearly 13 years to create The Divine Comedy, all the while moving into exile from his home city of Florence, and the work influenced just about every important article writer any literary scholar can name, included in this, Boccaccio (1313-75); Chaucer (circa 1344-1400); John Milton (1608-74); William Blake (1757-1827); Victor Hugo (1802-85); Joseph Conrad (Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857-1924); Wayne Joyce (1882-1941); and Ezra Pound (1885-1972). One of the biggest poems in English, T.S. Eliot's "The Waste materials Land", is in many ways derivative of Dante. Dante Alighieri, in particular when one considers his time and environment, was vivid and fearless, following calling and objective of the musician in the purest sense. He not only needed his contemporaries to task in an tremendous fashion, he also embraced the ageless difficulties that metaphysical questions present. Dante had the nerve to drive his listener to question life's toughest mysteries, and offer at least one possible blueprint for redemption. His mind, his words and his efforts to artwork, culture and intellect continue to be unsurpassed. Everything You Need to Know About The Divine Comedy is a thorough guide that provides a synopsis, a explanation of the character types, and an overview and analysis of every chapter. You can use this as a guide while you pay attention, or in an effort to brush up on everything you once understood and since forgot.

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