FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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romantics and songbooks
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poetic and mythological
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historical and mythological
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romantic and poetic
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Detailed explanation-1: -And he mixes Christian theology and pagan Greco-Roman myth as if both are simultaneously true – or rather, to use another term from contemporary sci-fi/fantasy writing, he “retcons” Greco-Roman myth so that its characters, including the gods, can co-exist with Christianity in a way that makes logical sense.
Detailed explanation-2: -While Dante’s vision of hell is founded on Christian theology, it is populated with many figures from ancient mythology, and Dante’s creative blending of Christian and Greco-Roman culture makes the Divine Comedy one of the most original and influential storytelling experiments in the history of world literature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Inferno is heavily influenced by classic Greek and Roman texts and Dante makes references to a myriad of characters, myths, and legends that take place in Virgil’s Aeneid, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
Detailed explanation-4: -Allegorically, Dante’s story represents not only his own life but also what Dante the poet perceived to be the universal Christian quest for God. As a result, Dante the character is rooted in the Everyman allegorical tradition: Dante’s situation is meant to represent that of the whole human race.