New Life
The great thirteenth-century Italian poet explores young love in this early autobiographical work blending prose and poetry.
Long before writing his epic Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri wrote of his love for Beatrice Portinari, his lifelong muse. In The New Life, Alighieri pursued his own style of love poetry, moving beyond the limitations of courtly love to focus on the divinity of love itself. Th...
The great thirteenth-century Italian poet explores young love in this early autobiographical work blending prose and poetry.
Long before writing his epic Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri wrote of his love for Beatrice Portinari, his lifelong muse. In The New Life, Alighieri pursued his own style of love poetry, moving beyond the limitations of courtly love to focus on the divinity of love itself. Th...
