{"product_id":"vita-nuova-9781324095521","title":"Vita Nuova","description":"\u003cp\u003ePart love story, part instruction manual, part spiritual journey, Dante's \"little book,\" the \u003cem\u003eVita Nuova\u003c\/em\u003e, has had a profound and far-reaching influence on global culture and is considered by many to be the perfect expression of the medieval ideal of courtly love, as well as an essential precursor to Dante's sublime poetic apotheosis, the \u003cem\u003eDivine Comedy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Joseph Luzzi, celebrated author of books about Italian literature and culture and a lifelong lover and teacher of Dante's poetry, gives us a version of the \u003cem\u003eVita Nuova\u003c\/em\u003e that is fresh, contemporary, and approachable--as vital and vivid as Dante's original Tuscan dialect--rendered in a voice that will entice a new generation of readers to swoon over one of the most heartbreaking stories of unfulfilled love in all of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlighieri, Dante:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDante Alighieri\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuzzi, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Luzzi \u003c\/strong\u003eis the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard College and an award-winning scholar of Italian culture. His latest book, \u003cem\u003eBotticelli's Secret\u003c\/em\u003e, was a \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2022 and was shortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award in 2023. He lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.","brand":"Liveright Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878198448402,"sku":"9781324095521","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_93ba3495-ad2d-4af2-a837-fddd71dc01cb.jpg?v=1746628160","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vita-nuova-9781324095521","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}