Jurnal - Midi, Lined - Inferno

Dante Alighieri composed the Divine Comedy over a period of 12 years, completing it in 1320. He divided the poem into three parts – Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is the first canto from Inferno that we have reproduced here. Dante’s vision of the afterlife continues to inspire writers and artists around the world.Dante’s Divine Comedy (or Comedia Divina) is widely considered to be not only the most important poem of the Middle Ages, but the all-time greatest work of Italian literature. High praise indeed, but when one considers the lasting impact this 14th-century narrative poem has had on art and culture, it is hard to deny it the honour.Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) composed this epic work over a period of 12 years, finally completing it in 1320. First titled by the author as Comedia (“comedy,” as opposed to “tragedy,” the other common type of narrative theme in his day), the “Divina” was added by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 1500s. Dante divided the piece into three parts – Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso – and it is the first canto from Inferno that we have reproduced for this cover. Though no original manuscripts by Dante himself have survived, this is from a...