Het Dante Alighieri 1265-1321 creator Suchtelen, Nico van 1878-1949 text utu 2009 monographic nl 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Het Nieuwe Leven (La Vita Nuova)" by Dante Alighieri is a prosimetrum published in 1294. This "little book" blends prose and verse to chronicle Dante's love for Beatrice from their first meeting at age nine through her death and beyond. Through commentaries on sonnets and songs, Dante transforms courtly love poetry into something sacred, seeking to write of Beatrice "that which has never been written of any woman." Written in Italian rather than Latin, this emotional autobiography marked a turning point in European poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Vita_Nuova Wikipedia page about this book: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_nuova Release date is 2009-02-09 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ Original publication data not identified Italian literature -- Translations into Dutch PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28029 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28029 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133635.0 28029