Ancient and the modern in Dante's Vita nuova. From: Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Marquette University Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

DANTE'S Vita nuova has long been regarded as a quintessentially medieval work. It was for example a favorite inspiration of idealistic Pre-Raphaelite artists during the second half of the nineteenth century. This essay fully agrees that what Dante called his "little book" is medieval but not that the word medieval implies sedate or picturesque. Instead it describes a kind of thinking that is both ancient and modern, and yet neither one. It is in fact bizarre and shocking and at times even seems insane. During its course, Dante the young lyric poet diverts his profound and ...

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