La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri

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La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri is a medieval Italian prosimetrum that blends poetry and prose to recount Dante’s idealized love for Beatrice and mark an early, influential step toward his later masterpiece, the Divine Comedy.

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instanceOf Italian literature ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
prosimetrum ⓘ
alternativeTitle La Vita Nuova ⓘ
The New Life ⓘ
approximateCompositionEnd c. 1294 ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart c. 1292 ⓘ
author Dante Alighieri ⓘ
contains ballate ⓘ
canzoni ⓘ
sonnets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateWritten late 13th century ⓘ
focus Dante’s love for Beatrice ⓘ
spiritual transformation of the lover ⓘ
form mixture of prose and poetry ⓘ
genre autobiographical work ⓘ
courtly love literature ⓘ
love literature ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
prosimetrum ⓘ
includes prose commentaries explaining the poems ⓘ
influenced Divine Comedy ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
courtly love tradition ⓘ
languageFeature Tuscan vernacular ⓘ
literaryMovement Dolce Stil Novo ⓘ
literarySignificance early masterpiece of Italian vernacular literature ⓘ
important precursor to Renaissance love poetry ⓘ
key work of the Dolce Stil Novo movement ⓘ
mainCharacter Beatrice Portinari ⓘ
Dante (narrator) ⓘ
linked to: Dante (protagonist)
narrativeDevice autobiographical recollection of youthful love ⓘ
narrativeMode first-person narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage Italian ⓘ
originalTitle Vita nuova ⓘ
period Middle Ages ⓘ
placeInAuthorCareer early work of Dante Alighieri ⓘ
protagonist Dante (narrator) ⓘ
linked to: Dante (protagonist)
relationToOtherWork early work preparing for the Divine Comedy ⓘ
setting Florence ⓘ
structure alternating prose and poems ⓘ
subjectMatter life and death of Beatrice as seen by Dante ⓘ
theme courtly love ⓘ
grief and loss ⓘ
idealized love ⓘ
memory and recollection ⓘ
poetry and inspiration ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
spiritual love ⓘ
visionary experience ⓘ

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The New Life of Dante → basedOn → La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri ⓘ