Dante’s Languages: The 'Comedy'

Do you know why Dante’s poem stands as one of the most significant works in world literature?

It’s thanks to the richness of the contemplated themes and the varied stylistic registers we can find in it. In fact, to describe Dante’s voyage through the complex setting he created, Dante needs a language able to express what has never been said before. For this reason, he draws both words from Latin (the Latin used in classical literature, and also the language of philosophical and scientific texts) and creates neologisms; making his Comedy a mosaic of forms and languages.