| La Vita Nuova Revised Edition Contributor(s): Dante (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486419150 ISBN-13: 9780486419152 Publisher: Dover Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 * Out of Print * Annotation: This celebration of the poet's passionate love for his immortal Beatrice weaves together rapturous sonnets and canzoni with prose commentaries and an autobiographical narrative. A predecessor to "The Divine Comedy, La Vita Nuova" (The New Life) also serves as an ever-relevant treatise on the art and technique of poetry. Click for more in this series: Dover Thrift Editions |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Poetry | European - Italian - Poetry | Epic |
| Dewey: 851.1 |
| LCCN: 2001028585 |
| Age Level: 14-UP |
| Grade Level: 9-UP |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 5.24" W x 8.28" L (0.12 lbs) 64 pages |
| Features: Price on Product |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this celebration of a poet's passionate love for the woman he worshiped from afar, Dante weaves together rapturous sonnets and canzoni with prose commentaries and an autobiographical narrative. La Vita Nuova records the poet's adoration of Beatrice, the celestial figure who would ultimately guide him through his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. In addition to its appeal as a sublime meditation on the anguish and ecstasy of love, this volume also serves as a treatise on the art and technique of poetry. Dante's commentaries explicate each poem, further refining his concept of romantic love as the initial step in the spiritual development that culminates in the capacity for divine love. His unconventional approach -- drawing upon personal experience, addressing readers directly, and writing in Italian rather than Latin -- marked a turning point in European poetry, when writers departed from highly stylized forms in favor of a simpler style. This complete and unabridged edition features the distinguished translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. |
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