History of The Divine Comedy

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The Divine Comedy, (in Italian "Comedia" or "Commedia", later christened "Divina" by Boccaccio?), written by Dante Alighieri between 1307 and his death in 1321, is the greatest epic poem of Italian literature, and one of the greatest of world literature.

The Divine Comedy, (in Italian "Comedia" or "Commedia", later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1307 and his death in 1321, is the greatest epic poem of Italian literature, and one of the greatest of world literature.

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The Italian text can be freely downloaded from http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/a/alighieri/index.htm; an English translation by H.W. Longfellow? is available at the Project Gutenberg at http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1004.

external links to the text
:The Italian text can be freely downloaded from http://www.liberliber.it/biblioteca/a/alighieri/index.htm
:An English translation by H.W. Longfellow? is available at the Project Gutenberg at http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1004.

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	Revision 3 . . November 16, 2001 11:51 pm by Gareth Owen [Mention Dante (D'oh) and wikify. Are there exact dates for the comedy?]
	Revision 2 . . November 16, 2001 11:34 pm by Sjc [and the band...]
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