The New Life (La Vita Nuova): Poetry Guide and Free Edition
The New Life (La Vita Nuova): author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The New Life (La Vita Nuova) is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Dante Alighieri (1265–1321). The listed translation credits are Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828–1882).
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"The New Life (La Vita Nuova)" by Dante Alighieri is a prosimetrum published in 1294. Combining both prose and verse, this "little book" traces Dante's love for Beatrice from their first meeting at age nine through her death and beyond. Through commentaries on twenty-five sonnets and several other poems, Dante transforms courtly love into something sacred, marking a turning point in European poetry by writing in Italian rather than Latin and drawing on personal experience.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The New Life (La Vita Nuova)
- Author credits: Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828–1882)
Catalogue subjects
- Italian literature -- Translations into English
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- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Poetry
- Italy
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