{"product_id":"la-vita-nuova-love-poems-9781529042306","title":"La Vita Nuova: Love Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e, Dante describes how his passionate love for Beatrice grows from their very first childhood encounter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is the English translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which was first published in \u003ci\u003eThe Early Italian Poets\u003c\/i\u003e in 1861 and was met with great critical acclaim. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough poems, sonnets and prose Dante recalls each meeting with Beatrice, endures her rejection and even her untimely death. He vows to honour her and to express his devotion and love for her through his poetry. Set in 13th century Florence, this is Dante's first major work. This short book is at once a heartfelt account of youthful love and a religious allegory. \u003ci\u003eLa Vita Nuova\u003c\/i\u003e serves as an important precursor to Dante's masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDante Alghieri was an Italian poet born in Florence in the thirteenth century. His major work, \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, is considered to be the greatest literary work in the Italian language. It describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise guided by Virgil and then Beatrice. He was the first writer to eschew Latin and he wrote in modern Italian and in Tuscan dialect. His influence on Italian writers as well as European literature and art is immeasurable.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52127629639954,"sku":"9781529042306","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c306032d-ac0d-4078-9aa9-9f77a315d95e.jpg?v=1773739947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/la-vita-nuova-love-poems-9781529042306","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}