{"product_id":"vita-nuova-a-dual-language-edition-with-parallel-text-paperback","title":"Vita Nuova: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Jewiss\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eVirginia Jewiss\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA totally unique poetic treatise, \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e is an elaborately and symbolically patterned selection of Dante's early poems, interspersed with his own incisive prose commentary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems themselves tell the story of his undying love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party, through Dante's sufferings and his attempts to conceal the true object of his devotion, to his overwhelming grief at her death, and ending with the transformative vision of her in heaven. These are some of the richest love poems in literature and the movement from self-pitying lament to praise for his beloved's beauty and virtue illustrate the elevating power of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lucid new translation, based on the latest authoritative Italian edition and featuring the Italian on facing pages, captures the ineffable quality of a work that has inspired the likes of Charles Baudelaire, T. S. Eliot, Jorge Luis Borges and Louise Glück.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/b\u003e (1265-1321), Italy's greatest poet, was born in Florence and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. His life was divided between political duties and poetry, the most of famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice, including the \u003ci\u003eVita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVirginia Jewiss\u003c\/b\u003e (translator\/introducer) is a Dante scholar and a translator with a Ph.D. in Italian literature from Yale, where she taught for many years before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins. Her translations include works by Luigi Pirandello, Roberto Saviano, Melania Mazzucco, Paolo Sorrentino, and Matteo Garrone. She lives in Rome and Washington, DC.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457810972850,"sku":"9780143106203","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c1e3dc639e1ac1d1a2c759452a49dcc8.webp?v=1778884809","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/vita-nuova-a-dual-language-edition-with-parallel-text-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}