Dante's “Vita Nuova” and the New Testament: Hermeneutics and the Poetics of Revelation. William Franke. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xx + 244 pp. $99.99

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xx + 244 pp. $99.99. Charles Singleton's lengthy An Essay on the “Vita Nuova” (1949), appearing just over a century after Dante Gabriel Rossetti's archaic English translation (1848), had enjoyed multiple reprints; Barbara Reynolds's “La Vit...

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Published in:Renaissance quarterly 2023, Vol.76 (4), p.1554-1556
Main Author: Sowell, Madison U.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Bible
Christianity
Comparative literature
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Literary translation
New Testament
Poetics
Poetry
Poets
Religion
Theology
Translations
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Summary:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. xx + 244 pp. $99.99. Charles Singleton's lengthy An Essay on the “Vita Nuova” (1949), appearing just over a century after Dante Gabriel Rossetti's archaic English translation (1848), had enjoyed multiple reprints; Barbara Reynolds's “La Vita Nuova”: Poems of Youth (1969) included a significant analysis of the book's symmetrical structure; and Mark Musa's revised version of Dante's “Vita Nuova,” a Translation and an Essay (1973) had sold thousands of copies and was widely accepted as both the definitive translation and a comprehensive interpretation. [...]the description of Beatrice's ascension into heaven to the sound of “Hosanna in excelsis” draws on the language describing Christ's entry into Jerusalem (Mark 11:9–10).
ISSN:0034-4338
1935-0236
DOI:10.1017/rqx.2023.586