ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The “New Life” has been written
A
between 1292 and 1293
B
between 1300 and 1301
C
between 1492 and 1493
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In the Vita Nuova, Dante told the story of his admiration for a Florentine woman named Beatrice. When seeing her for the first time at the age of nine, Dante fell in love, and he remained in love for the rest of his life. Years later, Beatrice died at the young age of twenty-four and Dante fell into a deep sadness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante writes all of The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise) away from Florence. The Inferno is was completed by 1314. The FICTIONAL date of this poem is 1300.

Detailed explanation-4: -Purgatorio Canto XXVII:115-142 Virgil’s last words to Dante ’That sweet fruit, that mortal anxiety goes in search of, on so many branches, will give your hunger peace today.

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