The Divine Comedy is a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c.
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In Dante\'s work, Virgil is presented as human reason and Beatrice is presented as Divine knowledge.
Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called the Summa in verse.
Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas.
The narrative describes Dante\'s travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven, while allegorically the poem represents the soul\'s journey towards God.
The poem\'s imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century.
It is widely considered to be the preeminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321.
The Divine Comedy is a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c
