Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York. 1978. Penguin Books. Reprinted Edition. Very Good in Wrappers.

New York. 1978. Penguin Books. Reprinted Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140442162. Translated from the Italian by Barbara Reynolds. 123 pages. paperback. The cover shows a detail from 'The Poet crowned by his Lady', an illuminated manuscript in the Trivulziana Library, Milan (photo Giovanni Facetti). keywords: Penguin Classic Europe Italy Literature Poetry Translated World Literature. DESCRIPTION-‘La Vita Nuova is a treatise by a poet, written for poets, on the art of poetry. ' This reinterpretation by Barbara Reynolds allows the reader fresh insights into one of the world's greatest romantic poems. As his love for Beatrice develops, Dante (1265-1321) learns to surmount the barriers of medieval poetic convention and to write directly from experience. And in the prose commentary he recalls this experience, and describes its transmutation into poetry. This is, in Dr Reynolds's words, ‘an invitation by Dante to enter his study and stand beside him while he runs a finger down the parchment page of his manuscript'. inventory #28987.