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La Vita Nuova
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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral PoetryGeneral World History
ISBN13: 9781286738450
Publisher: Nabu Press
Published: May 15 2012
Pages: 502
Weight: 1.53
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: Italian
La Vita Nuova (The New Life) is a deeply personal and lyrical work by Dante Alighieri, likely written between 1293 and 1295. It is an expression of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, combining prose and verse. The book tells the story of Dante's love for Beatrice Portinari from his first encounter with her to his mourning after her death and his determination to write about her in a way that had never been done before.
The work is famous for its intense emotional and spiritual quality. Dante's exploration of love as a transformative and ennobling force remains powerful and relevant today. This edition allows readers to experience the beauty and depth of Dante's masterpiece in its original Italian.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.
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As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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