dantes inferno

[squirelpoo]

someone very kindly gave me notes on dantes inferno, canto l - XXXIV , before i begin to try and understand, could someone please give some background to this piece of work

[pitstopbunny]

Firstly, good luck - I have a copy of it here and cannot get into it. This might help a bit though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy
Have fun!

[squirelpoo]

blimey!! where do you start, theres so much to understand!! is there a first to read, before the inferno or is the divine the first to read, that link was amazing,