‘Amico’, ‘Amici’, ‘Amistade’: Toward a Semantics of Friendship in the Vita Nova
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https://doi.org/10.6093/1593-2214/11447Keywords:
Middle Ages, 12th-13th Centuries, Dante, Vita nova, Friendship, Biography, Autobiography, ItalyAbstract
The contribution aims to analyze the theme of friendship – “amistade”, “amici”, “amica”, “amistà” – in the Vita nova, in order to better understand its complexity in relation to Dante’s biography and its correspondences. By cross-reference, some authorial systems peculiar to the autobiography that develops between the libello and the Commedia will be investigated; and, finally, the friendship figures present in the Vita nova will be reflected upon: in addition to Beatrice and Guido Cavalcanti, several can be counted, such as the two friends who respectively invite the protagonist to a party and to compose a composition for the Beatrice’s death.
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