Divine Comedy

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Italian poem allegorical poem epic poem medieval literature

The Divine Comedy is an epic Italian poem by Dante Alighieri that narrates a visionary journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise and stands as one of the foundational works of Western literature.

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The Divine Comedy 4
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy 2
Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy 2

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian poem ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
medieval literature ⓘ
alternateTitle La Divina Commedia NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateEndOfComposition 1320 ⓘ
approximateStartOfComposition 1308 ⓘ
author Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme divine justice ⓘ
journey of the soul toward God ⓘ
love and grace ⓘ
sin and redemption ⓘ
completionStatus completed shortly before Dante's death ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
depictsAfterlifeStructure celestial spheres of Heaven ⓘ
nine circles of Hell ⓘ
terraces of Purgatory ⓘ
featuresCharacter Beatrice NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lucifer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Peter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
visionary literature ⓘ
guideInInferno Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ
guideInParadiso Beatrice NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paradiso NERFINISHED ⓘ
Purgatorio NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenceOn Italian language ⓘ
Renaissance culture ⓘ
Western literature ⓘ
laterHonorificTitle Divina Commedia NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryDevice allegory ⓘ
allusion ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
literarySignificance foundational work of Western literature ⓘ
masterpiece of world literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Dante NERFINISHED ⓘ
metricalForm terza rima NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Medieval literature ⓘ
Scholasticism ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
numberOfCantiche 3 ⓘ
numberOfCantos 100 ⓘ
numberOfCantosInInferno 34 ⓘ
numberOfCantosInParadiso 33 ⓘ
numberOfCantosInPurgatorio 33 ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
Tuscan dialect ⓘ
originalTitle Commedia NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Aristotle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonist Dante NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Catholicism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
rhymeScheme aba bcb cdc ded ... ⓘ
setting Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paradise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Purgatory NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeOfComposition early 14th century ⓘ

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Comedìa → alsoKnownAs → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Commedia
Comedìa → alternateEnglishTitle → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Divine Comedy
Beatrice → appearsIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Trattatello in laude di Dante → associatedWith → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Dante's Tomb → associatedWithWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Gianni Schicchi → basedOn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Inferno (novel) → basedOn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Francesca da Rimini (stage role) → basedOnWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
The Epistle of Forgiveness → comparedTo → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Illustrations to Dante’s Divine Comedy → depicts → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Inferno → firstCantoNumberingNote → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canto I serves as a general prologue to the Divine Comedy
Dante’s View area → hasNameOrigin → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: named after Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
Esperanto literature → hasNotableWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Divina Komedio (Esperanto translation)
La Vita Nuova → influenced → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Divine Comedy
La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri → influenced → Divine Comedy ⓘ
subject surface form: La Vita Nuova
Amorosa visione → influencedBy → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Dead Souls → inspiredBy → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
Javid Nama → inspiredBy → Divine Comedy ⓘ
The Barque of Dante → inspiredBy → Divine Comedy ⓘ
The Gates of Hell → inspiredBy → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri's Inferno
The Gates of Hell → inspiredBy → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Divine Comedy
terza rima → isFamouslyUsedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Divine Comedy
River Cocytus → mentionedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
subject surface form: Cocytus
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy"
Garisenda Tower → mentionedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
Guido Cavalcanti → mentionedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
River Phlegethon → mentionedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante's "Inferno"
Siger of Brabant → mentionedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Durante → notableWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
subject surface form: Durante degli Alighieri
Gabriele Rossetti → notableWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri con commento analitico
Comedìa → originalTitleOf → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Inferno → partOf → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Paradiso → partOf → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Purgatorio → partOf → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Pope Nicholas III → portrayedIn → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
Convivio → relatedWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Il Canzoniere → relatedWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
De Monarchia → relatedWorkByAuthor → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Gemma Donati → spouseNotableWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ
Pope Boniface VIII → subjectOf → Divine Comedy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
Tuscan dialect → usedInWork → Divine Comedy ⓘ