Definition of Divine Comedy

1. Noun. A narrative epic poem written by Dante.

Exact synonyms: Divina Commedia
Generic synonyms: Epic, Epic Poem, Epos, Heroic Poem

Lexicographical Neighbors of Divine Comedy

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Distomum
District
District of Columbia
Distrito Federal
Ditidaht
Dittrich's plugs
Dittrich's stenosis
Diuril
Divehi
Divina Commedia
Divine Comedy (current term)
Divine Liturgy
Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Office
Divine Providence
Divine Unity
Diviya
Divya
Diwali
Dix
Dixey
Dixie
Dixie Cup
Dixie cup
Dixiecrat

Literary usage of Divine Comedy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. I Give You My Word by Françoise Giroud, Claude Glayman (1903)
"The " Divine Comedy " is the fulfillment of this " immense promise." Although it is probable ... The " Divine Comedy " is divided into three parts or books, ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes, Henry George Bohn (1865)
"Divine Comedy, the Inferno, a literal prose translation, with the text of the ... The Divine Comedy, or the Infernu. Purgatory and Paradise, rendered into ..."

3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," ... But the "Divine Comedy" belongs to still other literary forms than those mentioned. ..."

4. The Great Poets of Italy: Together with a Brief Connecting Sketch of Italian by Levi Oscar Kuhns, Oscar Kuhns (1903)
"The " Divine Comedy " is the fulfillment of this " immense promise." Although it is probable ... The " Divine Comedy " is divided into three parts or books, ..."

5. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1904)
"(From the from the Divine Comedy is his poetic conception of the Divine Comedy.) fate of the famous pagans who lived worthily. ..."

6. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"... dramatis personae of the Divine comedy. Mod Philol 16:371-80 N '18 Simons, George Wr jr. Ki-fust- disposal in small towns. Am J Pub H.-alth 7:293-301 Mr ..."

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