Dante's Influences Through out the course of literature, various authors utilize their own past experiences and histories to enhance the plot of their works. Anything from their childhood to a random person that they meet on the street can create a spark that will create a character or a thought in a piece of literature. Dante's environment was full of people and events that could have influenced his writings. In the Inferno Dante's perception of …showed first 75 words of 1618 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1618 total…the Church inspired him in his many works, especially the Inferno. Works Cited Bierhost, John, et al. "The Divine Comedy: Inferno. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. New York: W.W. Norton And Company, Inc, 1995. 1703-1829. Mandelbaum, Allen, Anthony Oldcorn, and Charles Ross, eds. Inferno: A Canto-by- Canto Commentary. Los Angles: University of California Press, 1998. Peterson, David. Dante's Inferno. English 220 Lecture. Auburn, AL Nov. 1999. Smith, Herbert. The Greatness of Dante Alighieri. Bath: Bath University Press, 1974.