Vita Nuova (1292-94) is regarded as Dante\'s most profound creation.
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With a critical introduction and explanatory notes, this is a new translation of a supreme work which has been read variously as biography, religious allegory, and a meditation on poetry itself.
Composed upon Dante\'s meeting with Beatrice and the Lord of Love, it is a love story set to the task of confirming the new life this meeting inspired.
The thirty-one poems in this, the first of his major writings, are linked by a lyrical prose narrative celebrating and debating the subject of love.
Vita Nuova (1292-94) is regarded as Dante\'s most profound creation