According to Michael Meister's Introduction to the Inferno, why does Dante's story still have a powerful effect on its readers hundreds of years after its creation?
Michael Meister is a priest who contributed to the foreword of Dante which published in 2007. He writes that even after 600 years the book has its effect in the struggle between good and evil. Meister emphasizes that the classic book has such a power in comparison with other books to keep its effect even up today.
