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The New Life

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Alighieri, Michael Palmer
The New Life
The New Life

Dante's poetic tribute to Beatrice's transformative love.

If you're drawn to classic literature, "The New Life" offers a profound exploration of love's power through Dante's exquisite poetry. This isn't just a glimpse into historical romance; it's an invitation to witness how love can elevate the human experience. Dante's eloquent and impassioned language may resonate especially with those who appreciate poetic expression and the timeless themes of love and devotion.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The New Life

by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Alighieri, Michael Palmer
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ISBN: 9780940322875
Authors: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Alighieri, Michael Palmer
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date of Publication: 2002-02-09
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Romance, Poetry
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.88
(rated by 8328 readers)

Description

The New Life is the masterpiece of Dante's youth, an account of his love for Beatrice, the girl who was to become his lifelong muse, and of her tragic early death. An allegory of the soul's crisis and growth, combining prose and poetry, narrative and meditation, dreams and songs and prayers, this work of crystalline beauty and fascinating complexity has long taken its place as one of the supreme revelations in the literature of love. The New Life is published here in the beautiful translation by the English poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti, an inspired poetic re-creation comparable to Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and a classic in its own right.
 

Dante's poetic tribute to Beatrice's transformative love.

If you're drawn to classic literature, "The New Life" offers a profound exploration of love's power through Dante's exquisite poetry. This isn't just a glimpse into historical romance; it's an invitation to witness how love can elevate the human experience. Dante's eloquent and impassioned language may resonate especially with those who appreciate poetic expression and the timeless themes of love and devotion.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.