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The Divine Comedy: Inferno

The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Dante Alighieri

In The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Dante Alighieri travels deeper and deeper into the circles of Hell, encountering giants, poets, scholars, queens, politicians, popes, and more. What endears Dante to the reader is his compassion for the sinners, even though he later recognizes that pity is wasted on them. Dante Inferno is considered an outstanding epic poem; the last great writing of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance.

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Dante Alighieri Biography

About The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Background of The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Introduction The Divine Comedy: Inferno

The Structure of The Divine Comedy: Inferno

Summary and Analysis by Canto

Canto I

Canto II

Canto III

Canto IV

Canto V

Canto VI

Canto VII

Canto VIII

Canto IX

Canto X

Canto XI

Canto XII

Canto XIII

Canto XIV

Canto XV

Canto XVI

Canto XVII

Canto XVIII

Canto XIX

Canto XX

Cantos XXI–XXII

Canto XXIII

Cantos XXIV–XXV

Cantos XXVI–XXVII

Canto XXVIII

Cantos XXIX–XXX

Canto XXXI

Cantos XXXII–XXIII

Canto XXXIV

Character List

Maps of Hell

Character Analysis

Dante

Virgil

Critical Essays

The Beginning and the Ending: Francesca and Ugolino

Dante the Poet and Dante the Pilgrim

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