Second, Engels called it "the last poet in the Middle Ages and the first poet in the new era." ? On the other hand, Marx quoted poems and characters from The Divine Comedy in his works.
Third, in creation, there is a creative tendency that is compatible with the old and new times. The collection of poems "New Life" belongs to the gentle new style poetry school. The Divine Comedy declared the end of the old era and the beginning of a new era of thought and art.
So Dante is a star in the history of European literature.
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Creation background
The Divine Comedy was written from 1307 to 132 1. Through the dialogue with various famous figures in hell, purgatory and heaven, the author of this work reflects the achievements and some major problems in the field of medieval culture, which has the nature of an encyclopedia and can also glimpse the dawn of humanistic thought in the Renaissance.
The whole poem consists of three parts: hell, purgatory and heaven. In the form of a long poem, it describes a dream Dante had in his middle age in order to condemn the church's rule, but he still hasn't got rid of the Christian theological point of view.
The Divine Comedy was originally called Comedy, and Boccaccio named this work "Sacred" in Dante's Biography to show his reverence for the poet. The later version was named "Holy Comedy". Chinese translation is usually called divine comedy.