The New Life of Dante
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The New Life of Dante is Charles Eliot Norton's influential English translation and scholarly edition of Dante Alighieri’s early autobiographical work "La Vita Nuova," which helped introduce and interpret Dante to an English-speaking audience.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
English translation
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book → scholarly edition → |
| aim |
to make Dante accessible to English readers
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to provide scholarly interpretation of La Vita Nuova → |
| authorOfOriginalWork |
Dante Alighieri
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| basedOn |
La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri
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| contains |
English translation of Dante’s poems in La Vita Nuova
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English translation of Dante’s prose → |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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| editor |
Charles Eliot Norton
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| field |
Dante studies
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Italian literature → medieval literature → |
| genre |
literary translation
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scholarly commentary → |
| hasComponent |
commentary
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introduction → notes → |
| hasForm |
prose translation
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| influenced |
Anglophone reception of Dante
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English-language Dante criticism → |
| language |
English
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| literaryFormOfOriginal |
autobiographical work
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| literaryMovementContext |
medieval Italian lyric poetry
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| notableFor |
influential Dante scholarship in the English-speaking world
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introducing Dante to an English-speaking audience → |
| originalLanguage |
Italian
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| originalTitle |
La Vita Nuova
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| placeOfPublication |
Boston
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New York NERFINISHED → |
| publicationCentury |
19th century
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| publisher |
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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| relatedPerson |
Beatrice Portinari
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| relatedWork |
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
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| subject |
Dante Alighieri
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La Vita Nuova → |
| themeOfOriginal |
love
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poetry and inspiration → spiritual transformation → |
| timePeriodCovered |
Middle Ages
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| title |
The New Life of Dante
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| translator |
Charles Eliot Norton
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Charles Eliot Norton
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Dante Alighieri ("La Vita Nuova") → |
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Beata Beatrix
("La Vita Nuova")
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The New Life of Dante
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title |