{"product_id":"vita-nuova-dante-alighieri-9780143106203","title":"Vita Nuova: A Dual-Language Edition with Parallel Text","description":"\u003cp\u003eA totally unique poetic treatise, \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e is an elaborately and symbolically patterned selection of Dante's early poems, interspersed with his own incisive prose commentary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems themselves tell the story of his undying love for Beatrice, from their first meeting at a May Day party, through Dante's sufferings and his attempts to conceal the true object of his devotion, to his overwhelming grief at her death, and ending with the transformative vision of her in heaven. These are some of the richest love poems in literature and the movement from self-pitying lament to praise for his beloved's beauty and virtue illustrate the elevating power of love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis lucid new translation, based on the latest authoritative Italian edition and featuring the Italian on facing pages, captures the ineffable quality of a work that has inspired the likes of Charles Baudelaire, T. S. Eliot, Jorge Luis Borges and Louise Gl?k.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dante Alighieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143106201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143106203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Dante Alighieri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047670935807,"sku":"9780143106203","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be1d9005-0e55-4757-8429-e90999e32ad1.jpg?v=1684991549","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vita-nuova-dante-alighieri-9780143106203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}