The audible audiobook is missing the essay by the translator. The feelings of a shallow person for the dead Beatrice. There is a point when he's convinced that he's dead and the possibility of forming a "new life" with a new lady presents itself. He chooses to flagellate himself for his feelings ...
Beautiful in the most heartbreaking way.I know Love's destitutionAnd have no heart to put into my verse.And so I try to imitate the manWho covers up his poverty for shame:I wear the clothes of joy,But in my heart I weep and waste away.My blanching face reveals my fainting heartWhich weakly seeks ...
Being an ardent fan of Dante's time in Hell I felt I had to read Vita Nuova if only to round off my appreciation of the great man... I wish I hadn't. This is the book about his love for Beatrice. Dante describes how he met her, yearned for her and then how, when she died, raised his love onto a h...
An enchanting masterpiece about courtly love by the great Italian poet Dante Alighieri that is filled with love and sublime emotions! The book is a combination of prose and verse in which Dante expresses and tells about his great love to the graceful Beatrice Portinari. The book includes many son...
Yes, I am a total nerd.I just finished reading the Inferno, and am taking a brief break before entering Purgatorio. Dante really liked imagining gruesome punishments, especially for people he knew in real life and apparently hated. I'm looking forward to seeing how he treated people he liked.Upd...