Description
Dante Alighieri's *Vita Nuova* is a profound exploration of love, loss, and spiritual awakening, presented in the unique prosimetrum style, blending poetry and prose. This seminal work chronicles the poet's intense, idealized love for Beatrice, tracing its development from their first encounter to her untimely death and its transformative impact on his soul. Through a collection of early poems interwoven with narrative commentary, Dante navigates the complexities of courtly love, the pain of grief, and the eventual transcendence of earthly passion towards divine contemplation. The text offers a deeply personal yet universally resonant journey into the heart of a love that reshapes the poet's world and foreshadows his later epic achievements.
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paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2022
224 pages
ISBN: 9780143106203
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First Published
2022
Language
ita
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