The Inferno

The Inferno

Paper details As an epic journey to Hell and back, The Inferno clearly traces its ancestry, in part, to The Aeneid. As an “autobiographical” record of a spiritual struggle, it also has equally obvious roots in Augustine’s Confessions. We come to this book, then, uniquely well-versed in its literary antecedents. Where do you see the influence of The Aeneid in Dante’s poem? Of Confessions? Please use the following text as primary source Puchner, Martin. The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. 9th ed., vol. 1, W.W. Norton, 2014.