Inferno

I. About the Author

A. Author is Dante Alighieri
A. born in the year 1265 A.D.
B. from Florence, Italy
C. Roman Catholic
D. a world-class poet
E. He died of malaria in Ravenna, Italy, in 1321
II. About the Book
A. 1st part of the Divine Comedy
1. Inferno
2. Purgatorio
3. Paradiso
B. an epic poem
C. written during the 14th-century
D. tells about the 1st part of Dantes imaginative journey through the afterlife.
E. The duration of Dantes Journey is from the evening of Maundy Thursday up to the
morning of Easter Monday
F. The poet Virgil guided Dante through the 9 Circles of Hell
G. Each chapter is called a Canto
H. Hell is depicted as nine concentric circles located within the Earth