Manuscripts
According to the Italian Dante Society, no original manuscriptwritten by Dante has survived, although there are many manuscript copie… 展开

The Divine Comedy can be described simply as an allegory: each canto, and the episodes therein, can contain many alternative meanings. Dante's allegory, however, is mor… 展开

Classical
Without access to the works of Homer, Dante used Virgil, Lucan, Ovid, and Statius as the models for the style, history, and mythology of th… 展开

The Divine Comedy was not always as well-regarded as it is today. Although recognized as a masterpiece in the centuries immediately following its publication, the … 展开