num_pages: 128
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: Vita Nuova
titlecomplete: Vita Nuova
genres: Fiction, 13th Century, Medieval, Classics, Classic Literature, Italy, Italian Literature, Romance, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 6984
publisher: Oxford University Press