Oxford World's Classics Vita Nuova, (Paperback)

from bishopjoey

Rossetti's translation is kind of strange, but it was a nice backup to reading the Divine Comedy.

from BayardUS

The aspect of Vita Nuova I found most interesting is that it is simultaneously doing several things: it functions as an account of part of Dante's life and career, as well as a compilation of his poetry, an explanation of that poetry, and a love story. Unfortunately none of these facets of the wo...

from jonfaith

Your sisters bringing messages of gladness;And you, who are the daughter of my sadness,Seek out their company, disconsolate.Lovely structure and I applaud the Florentine when he isn't burning sinners. The spirit and sense data are privileged over reason. Our boy is loopy over Beatrice. He drools ...

from jonfaith

Your sisters bringing messages of gladness;And you, who are the daughter of my sadness,Seek out their company, disconsolate.Lovely structure and I applaud the Florentine when he isn't burning sinners. The spirit and sense data are privileged over reason. Our boy is loopy over Beatrice. He drools ...

from encephalical

I was more fascinated by his dissection of his own poems than the poems themselves.