Today it is not only enjoyed for its imaginative and sensitive love story, but also for its exploration of poetry and religious experience, and the overarching connection between them all. The New Life is a logical precursor of The Divine Comedy both involve the figure of Beatrice, and both show a marked concern with the aesthetics of writing. Our English and Italian programs are open to the public. The piece transformed European vernacular poetry, and established the Tuscan dialect in which it is written as the Italian standard. The Dante Alighieri Society of Washington promotes Italian language and culture. Psaki, Dante Alighieri in Rinalda Russell ed, The Feminist Encyclopedia of Italian Literature, Greenwood Press, Westport, 1997. Dante recounts for us a love story and he is the lover and Beatrice the beloved. It explores the emotions of courtly love, its powerful ability to inspire, and Dante's affirmations of his own religious convictions. Dante’s Vita Nuova (New Life), which is Dante’s best known work as an early poet, is all about love.

'La Vita Nuova' contains works written over a period of ten years, from before 1283 to roughly 1293, and is the semi-autobiographical account of Dante's lifelong love for a woman he called Beatrice. Read reviews and buy The New Life/La Vita Nuova - (Dover Dual Language Italian) by Dante Alighieri (Paperback) at Target. Since the Middle Ages, Dante has been cherished as the 'Supreme Poet,' or simply il Poeta, of Italy, and is most widely recognized for his allegorical 'Divina Commedia'.

'La Vita Nuova' is the first of two collections of verse and prose written by the Italian poet, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321).

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