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Vita Nuova: (Poems of Youth) (Penguin Classics) Book
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Foyles
A unique treatise by a poet, written for poets, on the art of poetry, LA VITA NUOVA is elaborately and symbolically patterned, consisting of a selection of Dante's early poems, interspersed with his own prose commentary. The poems themselves tell the story of his love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party in her father's house, through Dante's sufferings and his attempts to conceal the true object of his devotion by the use of 'screen-loves', to his overwhelming grief ather death, ending with the transformative vision of her in heaven. These are some of the richest love poems in literature and the movement from self-pitying lament to praise for the beloved's beauty and virtue, illustrate the elevating power of love.
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Blackwell
Dante's sequence of poems tells the story of his passion for Beatrice, the beautiful sister of one of his closest friends, transformed through his writing into the symbol of a love that was both spiritual and romantic. Vita Nuova begins with the...
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Pickabook
Dante Alighieri, Barbara Reynolds (Trans)
- 0140449477
- 9780140449471
- Dante Alighieri
- 29 January 2004
- Penguin Classics
- Paperback (Book)
- 128
- Rev Ed
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