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La Vita Nuova

by Dante Alighieri

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Fall in love with love in this gorgeous collection of poems from Italian master Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy. Although collections of lyric poems singing the praises of love are as old as the written word, La Vita Nuova is remarkably innovative. Combining works in verse and prose in a linked series of pieces exploring the complexities of courtly love, this enchanting anthology is a must-read for poetry fans.

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One of the most beautiful books I've ever read. I love this book a thousand times more than the Divine Comedy. To me, it seems like something of a prototype of the Comedy. This book changed things for me -- in literary thinking and in spiritual understanding. I can't say enough good things about it. ( )
  CodyMaxwellBooks | Oct 30, 2021 |
A wonderful hybrid - part poetry, part prose narrative, part theological treatise, part literary criticism with a fascinating glimpse into the Dante creative process. ( )
  merlin1234 | Jul 9, 2021 |
This was a great, first-person look at Dante's young life and his exposure to Beatrice- who permeated and influenced much of his work. The passion, trembling and careful, that he espouses onto the pages here is without measure in nearly all accounts that I have seen. This is seeing Dante's world through his own eyes and it is quite a portrait indeed. Through reading this, I was able to understand him a little better and that's a great thing when we are dealing with someone with such an important literary stature and importance.

4 stars. ( )
  DanielSTJ | Jun 25, 2019 |
Rossetti's translation is kind of strange, but it was a nice backup to reading the Divine Comedy. ( )
  bishopjoey | Feb 27, 2019 |
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Dante Alighieriprimary authorall editionscalculated
Appelbaum, StanleyTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Barbi, MicheleEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Barolini, TeodolindaEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Berardinelli, AlfonsoContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Carrai, StefanoEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Casini, TommasoEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Chiapelli, FrediEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ciccuto, MarcelloEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Delft, A.H.J. vanContributorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Emerson, Ralph WaldoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gorni, GuglielmoEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Haapanen-Tallgren, TyyniTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Keuls, H. W. J. M.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Musa, MarkTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Musa, MarkPrefacesecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nieuwenhuijzen, KeesCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Norton, Charles EliotTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Oelsner, H.Editorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Petrocchi, GiorgioIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Pietrobono, LuigiEditorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Raud, ReinForewordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Raud, ReinTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Reynolds, BarbaraTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rossetti, Dante GabrielTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sanguineti, EdoardoIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Suchtelen, Nico vanTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Suchtelen, Nico vanIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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In quella parte del libro de la mia memoria dinanzi a la quale poco si potrebbe leggere, si trova una rubrica la quale dice: Incipit vita nova.
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Fall in love with love in this gorgeous collection of poems from Italian master Dante Alighieri, author of The Divine Comedy. Although collections of lyric poems singing the praises of love are as old as the written word, La Vita Nuova is remarkably innovative. Combining works in verse and prose in a linked series of pieces exploring the complexities of courtly love, this enchanting anthology is a must-read for poetry fans.

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First Edition thus; fore edge deckled; text in Italian and printed in black and red ink; pages have red decorative borders; numerous black and white illustrated plates; Very Good- in gilt-stamped vellum wraps; minor wear to edges and extrems; vellum wraps are rubbed and very lightly soiled; wraps are bowed (as is common with vellum wraps); wrap shows split in lower left, repaired with tape; green ribbons that originally tied the wraps together are torn at fore edge; gilt text faded; toning to page edges; a few pages are lightly tanned; several pages uncut; very sporadic and light foxing; else a clean and tight copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 113 pages
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Blessed was his muse,
Adored in painful silence,
Deathless now her name.
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