Vita Nuova - Softcover

ALIGHIERI,DANTE

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ISBN 10: 9872149356 ISBN 13: 9789872149352

Publisher: Santiago Arcos Editor, 2015

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Some translators have been too academic, draining the vigor and wonder from this work but Slavitt's version stays true to the spirit...Considering all the books today about finding one's center in our crazy, image-driven culture, then, "La Vita Nuova"--especially in Slavitt's version--couldn't be more relevant.--Nick Owchar"Los Angeles Times" (09/12/2010)

The "Vita Nuova", Dante's first major work of certain attribution, is an original and sophisticated creation, too often cast aside as little more than a youthful prologue to the "Divine Comedy"...This handsome English edition of the "Vita Nuova" is translated by David R. Slavitt and prefaced by an engaging essay by Seth Lerer...Freed from the customary shackles of academic apparatus, the poetic quality of its lyrics freshly reinstated, the "Vita Nuova"'s signature hybrid texture is here elegantly conveyed.--Tristan Kay"Times Literary Supplement" (10/29/2010)

Graceful, readable, and just--David Slavitt's translation is a delicate and surprising achievement. This is another triumph for Slavitt, and a treat for the rest of us.--Henry Taylor

The "Vita Nuova," Dante's first major work of certain attribution, is an original and sophisticated creation, too often cast aside as little more than a youthful prologue to the "Divine Comedy."..This handsome English edition of the "Vita Nuova" is translated by David R. Slavitt and prefaced by an engaging essay by Seth Lerer...Freed from the customary shackles of academic apparatus, the poetic quality of its lyrics freshly reinstated, the "Vita Nuova"'s signature hybrid texture is here elegantly conveyed.--Tristan Kay"Times Literary Supplement" (10/29/2010)

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Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.

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