Rita Marnoto, A 'Vita nova' de Dante Alighieri: Deus, o amor e a palavra.(Book Review)

From: Medium Aevum | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Ricketts, Peter T. | Copyright information

Rita Marnoto, A ' Vita nova' de Dante Alighieri: Deus, o amor e a palavra, Estudos da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra 36 (Lisbon: Edicoes Colibri, 200l). 248 pp. ISBN 972-772-2105. 13.20 [euro].

The account of the vast bibliography relating to the Vita nuova ends with a recapitulation of the fortunes of Dante's work in the Portuguese literary canon over the last few years. Rita Marnoto lists two translations, one by Carlos de Soveral from 1954 (with a seco...

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