Dante's Vita Nuova
In this new edition Musa views Dante''s intention as one of cruel and comic commentary on the shallowness and self-pity of his protagonist, who only occasionally glimpses the true nature of love.
". . . the explication de texte which accompanies [Musa''s] translation is instructively novel, always admirable. . . . This present work offers English readers a lengthy appraisal which should figure in ...
In this new edition Musa views Dante''s intention as one of cruel and comic commentary on the shallowness and self-pity of his protagonist, who only occasionally glimpses the true nature of love.
". . . the explication de texte which accompanies [Musa''s] translation is instructively novel, always admirable. . . . This present work offers English readers a lengthy appraisal which should figure in ...
