“CANZONE... T’HO ALLEVATO PER FIGLIUOLA D’AMORE”: THREE SONGS OF LOVE IN DANTE’S ‘VITA NUOVA’

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Bibliotheca Dantesca: Journal of Dante Studies
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Vita Nuova
Troubadour
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Dante Alighieri
Congedo
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Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture
Italian Language and Literature
Medieval History
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Crudale, Alfred R.
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This paper examines the poetics and musicality of three canzoni of Dante’s Vita Nuova and explores how four fundamental musical elements produce specific meanings while evoking a desired emotion in the reader. “Donne ch’avete intelletto d’amore,” the first canzone of the Vita Nuova, initiates Dante’s poetry of praise as it contributes to the elation of the first third of the work. The two later canzoni, “Donna pietosa” and “Li occhi dolenti,” however, transition the Vita Nuova to a more somber and finally grief-stricken piece. Analysis of the musical elements of these three poems demonstrates how Dante effectively communicates his emotions through his poetry and creates fundamental links between himself and his reader.

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2018-12-10
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