La Vita Nuova

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La Vita Nuova is a prosimetrum by Dante Alighieri that blends poetry and prose to recount his idealized love for Beatrice and mark an important early work in Italian literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian literary work ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
prosimetrum ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The New Life ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd c. 1294 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart c. 1292 ⓘ
author Dante Alighieri ⓘ
centralFigure Beatrice Portinari ⓘ
concludesWith vow to speak of Beatrice more worthily in the future ⓘ
contains ballate ⓘ
canzoni ⓘ
prose narrative sections ⓘ
sonnets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateWritten late 13th century ⓘ
focusesOn Beatrice’s life and death ⓘ
form blend of prose and poetry ⓘ
genre autobiographical literature ⓘ
love literature ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasLiteraryForm visionary autobiography ⓘ
includes allegorical interpretations of poems ⓘ
prose explanations of poems ⓘ
influenced The Divine Comedy ⓘ
linked to: Divine Comedy

later European love poetry ⓘ
languageRegister Tuscan vernacular ⓘ
literaryInnovation systematic self-commentary on poems ⓘ
literaryMovement Dolce Stil Novo ⓘ
literarySignificance early masterpiece of Italian vernacular literature ⓘ
key work of the Dolce Stil Novo tradition ⓘ
mainCharacter Dante (narrator) ⓘ
linked to: Dante (protagonist)
mainSubject idealized love for Beatrice ⓘ
narrativeFocus Dante’s encounters with Beatrice ⓘ
Dante’s inner emotional and spiritual development ⓘ
narrativeForm first-person narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
originalTitle Vita nuova ⓘ
period Italian Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Medieval Italy
settingLocation Florence ⓘ
structure sequence of poems with prose commentaries ⓘ
theme courtly love ⓘ
grief and mourning ⓘ
idealization of the beloved woman ⓘ
religious symbolism ⓘ
spiritualization of love ⓘ
visionary experience ⓘ
tone devotional ⓘ
introspective ⓘ

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The New Life of Dante → originalTitle → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
The New Life of Dante → subject → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
Beatrice → firstAppearance → Vita Nuova ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova
Durante degli Alighieri → notableWork → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
subject linked to: Durante
Dolce Stil Novo → relatedWork → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
Guido Cavalcanti → mentionedIn → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
Beata Beatrix → inspiredBy → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
Blessed Beatrice → inspiredBy → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
Dante’s Dream → inspiredBy → Vita Nuova ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova
Dante’s Dream → basedOnLiteraryWork → Vita Nuova ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova
La Vita Nuova → alternativeTitle → La Vita Nuova ⓘ
narrative of Dante’s exile → relatedWork → Vita Nuova (in retrospective references) ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova
Beatrice Portinari → inspiredWork → Vita Nuova ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova
Beatrice Portinari → hasCanonicalAppearance → Vita Nuova ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova
La Vita Nuova (album) → namedAfter → La Vita Nuova (literary work by Dante Alighieri) ⓘ
linked to: La Vita Nuova