ABSTRACT
The sentiment of worldly things was united very strongly in the soul of Dante with his firm faith in the world beyond the grave; “heaven and earth” both had a hand in his poem. Consequently the representation of the other world, of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, was not the intrinsic subject of his poem, its generative or dominant motive. Positive as well as negative criticism confirms the author. For instance, the philosopher in Dante is “medieval” and the poet “modern”. It is quite evident that Dante, with a theological romance in view, was bound to take pains to give precision and cohesion to his imagery, to make it what is called life-like, and this was further facilitated by the introduction of the miraculous, in which both he and his readers believed. One of the most conspicuous sections of Dantean literature has been devoted to the structure of the “Comedy.”.
