FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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I will say of her what has never been said of any woman.
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have an admirable vision of my lady who greets others
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speak of the three otherworldly realms, and in particular of Paradise
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the final chapter, Dante vows to write nothing further of Beatrice until he writes “concerning her what hath not before been written of any woman.” The promise is fulfilled in the epic poem The Divine Comedy, which he composed many years later.
Detailed explanation-2: -La vita nuova, (Italian: “The New Life”) work written about 1293 by Dante regarding his feelings for Beatrice, who comes to represent for Dante the ideal woman.
Detailed explanation-3: -The name “Vita Nuova” (“new life”) comes from the title of Italian medieval poet Dante Alighieri’s first book of poetry.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Vita Nuova is a work of Italian literature, written in alternating prose and verse, composed in the late 1290s by Dante (1265-1321).
Detailed explanation-5: -La Vita Nuova contains 42 brief chapters (31 for Guglielmo Gorni) with commentaries on 25 sonnets, one ballata, and four canzoni; one canzone is left unfinished, interrupted by the death of Beatrice Portinari, Dante’s lifelong love.