The Divine Comedy
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Dante's idealized love, Beatrice, is his guide in heaven.
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The tower is mentioned in Dante's poem The Divine Comedy, which was completed in 1321.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
The Divine Comedy Bodleian Library, Oxford, to 14 Nov The medieval masterpiece by Dante that takes you on a quest through Purgatory to Paradise has fascinated artists since it was written in the 1300s.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2021
The "Divine Comedy" follows the journey of a pilgrim across the three realms of the Christian afterlife – hell, purgatory and paradise.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2021
Written in his own native dialect, the Tuscan of the city of Florence, The Divine Comedy describes Dante’s descent into hell, guided by the spirit of the classical Roman poet Virgil.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
But once the Squire had come in to her very early one October morning when he was going cub-hunting and found her reading The Divine Comedy with a translation and an Italian dictionary and grammar.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
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