Consequently, the Divine Comedy has been called "the Summa in verse". At this deeper level, Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas. On the surface, the poem describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul's journey towards God. The Inferno describes Dante's journey through Hell, guided by the ancient Roman poet Virgil. It is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Inferno ( Italian: ifrno Italian for 'Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri 's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy. It helped establish the Tuscan dialect, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. The poem's imaginative and allegorical 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 the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c.
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