"Strangely, Dante's Divine Comedy did not produce a prose of that creative height or it did so after centuries"
- Eugenio Montale
About this Quote
This quote by Eugenio Montale is referring to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, a 14th century impressive poem written in Italian. Montale is recommending that the prose of the Divine Comedy was not of a particularly imaginative height, or a minimum of not as creative as it could have been. He suggests that it took centuries for the prose of the Divine Comedy to reach its innovative peak. This could be translated as a commentary on the development of language and literature in time, and how the imaginative heights of a work of literature can be reached only after a long period of development. Montale's quote likewise suggests that the Divine Comedy led its time, which it took centuries for its prose to be completely valued and understood. This could be seen as a testimony to Dante's genius, and how his work has actually stood the test of time.
This quote is written / told by Eugenio Montale between October 12, 1896 and September 12, 1981. He/she was a famous Poet from Italy.
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