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| Original Title: | Vita nuova |
| ISBN: | 0192839357 (ISBN13: 9780192839350) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Dante Alighieri
Paperback | Pages: 128 pages Rating: 3.88 | 4951 Users | 305 Reviews
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| Title | : | Vita Nuova |
| Author | : | Dante Alighieri |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Oxford World's Classics |
| Pages | : | Pages: 128 pages |
| Published | : | June 10th 1999 by Oxford University Press (first published 1292) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. European Literature. Italian Literature. Historical. Medieval. Fiction. Literature. Cultural. Italy |
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Vita Nuova (1292-94) is regarded as one of Dante's most profound creations. The thirty-one poems in the first of his major writings are linked by a lyrical prose narrative celebrating and debating the subject of love. Composed upon Dante's meeting with Beatrice and the "Lord of Love," it is a love story set to the task of confirming the "new life" inspired by this meeting. With a critical introduction and explanatory notes, this is a new translation of a supreme work which has been read variously as biography, religious allegory, and a meditation on poetry itself.Rating Of Books Vita Nuova
Ratings: 3.88 From 4951 Users | 305 ReviewsArticle Of Books Vita Nuova
La Vita Nuova (Latin- Vita Nova) is an expression of love written in both verse and prose. Unlike the typical works in the courtly love genre that were typical of the time, La Vita Nuova strives to mix romantic love with spiritual writing. It takes love poetry and prose on a whole new level. This ambitious task is what set Dante from other writers of similar work. It was a very important work for its time. It was in the Renaissance that the romantic sonnet expressing amorous suffering gave riseUpfront, I am not a poet, and Dante wrote the book for poets about poetry (his own). How do I know? It says so, in the introductions first sentence, of the Penguin Classics 1980 edition by Barbara Reynolds, who also translated. So I am not the target audience.A tradition of love poetry, in the Italian vernacular (as opposed to Latin), had gone on for 150 years prior to Dantes arrival in the early 14th century, which Dante transformed by grounding it in personal experience which, in his case,
"In that book which is my memory,On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you, Appear the words 'Here begins a new life'."- Dante Alighieri, Vita Nuova In La Vita Nuova , Dante takes us through a journey of light and darkness. He intwines love, grief, guilt, spirituality, and explores theology. Vita Nuova is one of Dante's earliest works which he wrote at the age of 26 after his beloved Beatrice passed away. We get to experience through his own eyes, the first meeting of
It's been awhile since I felt like my own self. The joy of reading is coming back. But still miss my beautiful mom.
Your sisters bringing messages of gladness;And you, who are the daughter of my sadness,Seek out their company, disconsolate.Lovely structure and I applaud the Florentine when he isnt burning sinners. The spirit and sense data are privileged over reason. Our boy is loopy over Beatrice. He drools and convulses in her presence. Composure is found afterwards and sonnets composed. Hes got it bad. I wont spoil the turn. Extreme emotion appears fairly uniform. That is a treatise all its own. As would
Most won't agree but I consider La Vita Nuova Dante's greatest work. The combination of poetry and prose comes as a welcome suprise and it helps us to better understand what Dante went through and what events inspired him. The biggest obstacle between La Vita Nuova and its readers is the way Dante analyses each poem afterward, explaining their parts and themes. I am not a fan of that either, it takes away some of the intimacy we can see and feel throughout the book. But it is a book for poets by
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