Vita Nuova

Vita Nuova

by Dante Alighieri

Vita Nuova is a collection of 31 sonnets, three canzoni, and a prose narrative by Dante Alighieri. It is considered one of the most important works of Italian literature and a precursor to Dante's masterpiece, the Divine Comedy. The work is a semi-autobiographical account of Dante's love for Beatrice Portinari, a young woman he first met when he was nine years old. The book is divided into two parts. The first part describes Dante's youthful love for Beatrice, his dreams and visions of her, and her early death. The second part describes Dante's grief over Beatrice's death and his philosophical and spiritual journey in the aftermath of her loss.

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Dante is known for establishing the use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin, making it accessible only to the most educated readers. His De vulgari eloquent...

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