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Selected Poems and Prose (Hardcover)
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Selected Poems and Prose (Hardcover)
Series: Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
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Guittone d'Arezzo (ca. 1230-1294) was the most important, prolific,
and influential poet and prose writer of the thirteenth century.
Unfortunately, his work has been overshadowed by his successor; the
more learned and gifted Dante Alighieri. The poems and prose
included in this volume are emblematic of the two phases of
Guittone's career: he first achieved fame as a secular love poet
but following his conversion in the 1260s he became a renowned
religious poet. Guittone's artistic reputation commanded the
highest respect. Even Dante's beloved Guinizzelli and Cavalcanti
never enjoyed any such fame in their lifetime. Antonello Borra
presents a critical introduction to Guittone's works with a
selection of his poems and letters in facing-page Italian and
English translation. While Dante repeatedly condemned Guittone,
recent scholarship has re-evaluated his importance and placed his
work in the context of his predecessors, the Proven al troubadours
and the poets of the Sicilian school. This latest volume in the
Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library contains the first significant
edition of Guittone's works available in English translation.
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