How does the real life dante differ from the fictional dante

Explanation:

Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet and writer who wrote about his fictional self in a poem titled Divine Comedy. Where he narrates his journey to hell and purgatory and various imaginative visions of the afterlife. The Dante as used in the poem is a fictional creation of Dante the poet with major differences between them.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.