Vita nuova; a translation and an essay

✍ Scribed by Alighieri, Dante;Musa, Mark

• Book ID: 100716253
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: Italian
• Weight: 40 KB
• Edition: A new ed
• Category: Fiction
• City: Bloomington
• ISBN: 0253316200

✦ Synopsis

Product Description

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 future scholarly discussions." -- Choice

Language Notes

Text: English, Italian

✦ Subjects

Italian poetry