num_pages: 86
description: Vita Nuova (1292-94) is regarded as one of Dante's most profound creations. The thirty-one poems in the first of his major writings are linked by a lyrical prose narrative celebrating and debating the subject of love. Composed upon Dante's meeting with Beatrice and the "Lord of Love," it is a love story set to the task of confirming the "new life" inspired by this meeting. With a critical introduction and explanatory notes, this is a new translation of a supreme work which has been read variously as biography, religious allegory, and a meditation on poetry itself.
language: English
title: Das neue Leben. Vita Nova. Aus dem Italienischen von Hannelise Hinderberger.
titlecomplete: Das neue Leben. Vita Nova. Aus dem Italienischen von Hannelise Hinderberger. (2. Aufl.)
genres: Classics, Italian Literature, Italy, Fiction, Classic Literature, Romance, Literature, 13th Century, Poetry, Medieval
ratings_count: 6984
publisher: Manesse-Verlag