The fifth canzone of this work is left dramatically interrupted by the death of the author's beloved, who is temporarily replaced due to the temptations of a sympathetic "donna gentile".
The fifth canzone of this work is left dramatically interrupted by the death of the author's beloved, who is temporarily replaced due to the temptations of a sympathetic "donna gentile". In it, 42 brief chapters relate the frame story, beginning with the author's first meeting with his beloved at the age of 9, her salutation at age 18, the crisis caused by her withholding of a greeting, and his determination to write a great work about her after her death. FTP, what is this early work in praise of Beatrice by Dante?
The fifth canzone of this work is left dramatically interrupted by the death of the author's beloved, who is temporarily replaced due to the temptations of a sympathetic "donna gentile".
La Vita nuova (or The New Life)