The Divine Comedy

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1. An epic poem written by Dante in the early fourteenth century, describing the author's journey through the afterlife. It has three parts, each of which is concerned with one of the three divisions of the world beyond: the Inferno (hell), the Purgatorio (purgatory), and the Paradiso (heaven).

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Dante's idealized love, Beatrice, is his guide in heaven.

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No wonder Dante, the Florence-born author of the “Divine Comedy,” consigned counterfeiters to the eighth circle of hell, “just one rung higher than Lucifer in the ninth.”

From The Wall Street Journal

An analogy I make in the book is Dante writing the "Divine Comedy."

From Salon

By middle age, Virgil feels “lost in a dark wood,” much like the narrator of Dante’s “The Divine Comedy.”

From New York Times

King then tasked Neil Hannon, who wrote all of the “Wonka” songs, with reimagining “Pure Imagination” in the style of Hannon’s pop band the Divine Comedy.

From Los Angeles Times

The film's six original songs have been written by The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon.

From BBC