La Vita Nuova (La Vie Nouvelle) by Dante Alighieri

"La Vita Nuova (La Vie Nouvelle)" by Dante Alighieri is a prosimetrum published in 1294. Combining prose and verse, this "little book" chronicles Dante's love for Beatrice from their first meeting at age nine through her death. Through commentaries on sonnets and canzoni, Dante transforms courtly love into sacred poetry, seeking to elevate romantic devotion into spiritual longing. Written in Italian rather than Latin, this emotional autobiography marked a turning point in European poetry and helped establish the foundation for modern Italian language. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
Translator Durand Fardel, Max. (Maxime), 1815-1899
Title La Vita Nuova (La Vie Nouvelle)
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vita_Nuova Wikipedia page about this book: eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_vita_nuova
Credits Produced by Marc D'Hooghe.
Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Italian literature -- Translations into French
Category Text
eBook-No. 17736
Release Date
Last Update Dec 13, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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