![]() ![]() Classical and earlier writers whom Dante read included Cicero (De amicitia) and Boethius (De consolatione). ![]() Other influences, apart from Classical thinkers, are Aelred of Rievaulx's De spirituali amicitia, and Peter of Blois's Deamicitia christiana. Among the influences on the Vita Nuova are, of course, the Bible (in particular the Psalms, the Song of Songs, Jeremiah's Lamentations and Christ's Passion). The Vita Nuova or New Life draws on (and is part of) the dolce stil novo, the 'sweet style' of Italian poets such as Guido Cavalcanti, Guido Guinicelli, Cino da Pistoia and other stilnovisti.ĭante was an admirer of love poetry (he praised Arnaut Daniel in the Divina Commedia). This edition is translated by the celebrated Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with notes and introduction by Rossetti. It is one of the great poetry books of love in world literature. Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova is his 'Book of Memory', the poetic account of his love for Beatrice Portinari. ![]()
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