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::Actually Dante goes out of his way all through the Divine Comedy to self-mythologize and foreground his own accomplishments. The whole premise of the work (that he is singled out for a journey that will save his soul) is based on him being given privileged treatment, and there are many specific cases, eg placing himself alongside Homer, Virgil and the other greats in Inferno IV. It's an audacious strategy - the amazing thing is that the poem is so good that he largely gets away with it!

::Actually Dante goes out of his way all through the Divine Comedy to self-mythologize and foreground his own accomplishments. The whole premise of the work (that he is singled out for a journey that will save his soul) is based on him being given privileged treatment, and there are many specific cases, eg placing himself alongside Homer, Virgil and the other greats in Inferno IV. It's an audacious strategy - the amazing thing is that the poem is so good that he largely gets away with it!

I might add a section on this to the article when I have time.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 07:11, 26 February 2009 (EST)

::I might add a section on this to the article when I have time.--[[User:CPalmer|CPalmer]] 07:11, 26 February 2009 (EST)