Read La Vita Nuova (1901)

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Author

Dante Alighieri

Genre

Romance

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ISBN

0674050932 (ISBN13: 9780674050938)

Language

English

Publisher

Harvard University Press

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La Vita Nuova (1901) - Plot & Excerpts

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 for the new lady because he is unfaithful to the memory of Beatrice. His poetry is shallow like hamlets "to be or not to be" speech and ends in his writing more poetry. Sort of a dead end like hamlet. An autobiographical prelude to the Divine Comedy. Dante's encounter with Beatrice affects him powerfully and he is changed. There is much poetry and prose - largely about love. Love for Dante is very cerebral and different from more modern ideas of romantic love. Not much happens and there is much interior discourse. Dante seems self-absorbed. It is useful to see some of the motivation and techniques in the Divine Comedy.