Stil Novo Poetry
by Guido Guinizzelli and Guido Cavalcanti
The term stil novo designates a loosely organized group of late-thirteenth-century poets who shared an innovative treatment of love poetry...
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In the following essays, Shaw explicates the first two stanzas of the Canzone d'Amore and explains why it is appropriate that Cavalcanti is studied as a poet of the dolce stil nuovo.
Introduc...
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In the following essay, Radcliff-Umstead examines Guinizelli's contribution to the development of the style Dante called “Dolce Stil Nuovo” (“Sweet New Style”) and e...
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Stil Novo Poetry
Critical Essay by J. E. Shaw
