Dante's Vita Nuova, New Edition : A Translation and an Essay /
In this new edition Musa views Dante's intention as one of cruel and comic commentary on the shallowness and self-pity of his protagonist, who only occasionally glimpses the true nature of love. "" ... the explication de texte which accompanies [Musa's] translation is instructive...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés Italiano |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[1973]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | In this new edition Musa views Dante's intention as one of cruel and comic commentary on the shallowness and self-pity of his protagonist, who only occasionally glimpses the true nature of love. "" ... the explication de texte which accompanies [Musa's] translation is instructively novel, always admirable ... This present work offers English readers a lengthy appraisal which should figure in future scholarly discussions.""--Choice]]> |
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Description: | "An essay on the Vita nuova": pages [87]-174. Prose in English; sonnets in English and Italian. |
Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780253011947 |