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The Divine Comedy (view source)
Revision as of 17:19, September 29, 2008
, 17:19, September 29, 2008→Structure: A note on the title
===Translations===
===Translations===
Translations of the Divine Comedy into [[English]] almost always conserve the divisions between cantos. However, some are in prose rather than verse, and those that are in verse may use a different rhyme scheme and meter, or none at all. These choices depend on the objectives of the translation.
Translations of the Divine Comedy into [[English]] almost always conserve the divisions between cantos. However, some are in prose rather than verse, and those that are in verse may use a different rhyme scheme and meter, or none at all. These choices depend on the objectives of the translation.
===Title===
It should be noted that the Divine Comedy is not a 'comedy' in the modern sense of the word, although parts of it are certainly comic (see Style(s), below). It is unclear why Dante referred to his work as a ''Commedia'', though, since it does not follow the same pattern as any previous work, it is hard to suggest what else he could have called it.
The word 'Divine' was never used by Dante himself to describe the work, and was simply applied later because of the subject matter.
==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==