Divine Comedy
Noun
Meaning
a narrative epic poem written by Dante
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Examples
Brunetto later received special mention in the Divine Comedy (Inferno, XV, 28) for what he had taught Dante: Nor speaking less on that account I go With Ser Brunetto, and I ask who are his most known and most eminent companions.
Dante Alighierli, Divine Comedy, Inferno, 19.49–63 Conflicts with Philip IV Philip IV receiving the homage of Edward I for Aquitaine.
As well, to close his speech, Benigni quoted the closing lines of Dante's Divine Comedy, referencing "the love that moves the sun and all the stars."
Florence's literature fully blossomed in the 14th century, when not only Dante with his Divine Comedy (1306–1321) and Petrarch, but also poets such as Guido Cavalcanti and Lapo Gianni composed their most important works.
Dante's masterpiece is the Divine Comedy, which mainly deals with the poet himself taking an allegoric and moral tour of Hell, Purgatory and finally Heaven, during which he meets numerous mythological or real characters of his age or before.
His work inspired Dorothy L. Sayers to undertake her translation of The Divine Comedy.