Dante's Lyric Poetry: Poems of Youth and of the 'Vita Nuova'

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by Dante Alighieri


  in De vulgari eloquentia, 177, 179, 180

  death of Beatrice in, 246

  Di donne io vidi compared to, 236

  Donna pietosa compared to, 206

  E’ m’incresce di me compared to, 178

  as favourite of Dante, 177

  God speaking in, 180, 181–2, 184

  gridare in, 181

  Guinizzellian heritage in, 167

  “intel-letto d’amore” in, 8, 179, 185, 297

  Io mi senti’ svegliar compared to, 178

  La dispietata mente compared to, 178

  ladies in, 170, 232

  lady/madonna in, 88, 156, 174, 180–1, 185, 192, 226n100, 236, 237, 246

  length and construction of, 179, 239

  lexicon of speaking in, 179–80

  Li occhi dolenti and, 243, 244–5

  Lo doloroso amor and, 164, 178

  love in, 184

  metaphysical content, 178

  as miracle in act, 229

  narcissism in, 278

  newness of, 178–9

  among “nove rime,” 188; placement of, 188

  praise of lady/madonna in, 180, 181–5, 226

  and Purgatorio, 20, 21, 177, 188

  Quantunque volte compared to, 257

  Rossetti and, 206

  self-pity in, 278

  Società Dantesca Italiana edition and, 16

  speech-act in, 244–5

  and stil novo, 79, 177

  theology / theologization in, 164, 178, 181, 215

  vanità in, 278n134

  in Vita Nuova, 21, 177, 178, 188

  donneare, 139

  E di febbraio vi dono bella caccia (Folgore), 104–5

  E’ m’incresce di me sì duramente, 170–6

  Barbi and, 170

  Beatrice in, 5, 170

  cacciare in, 171–2

  in canzoni distese, 11

  Cavalcantianism and Guinizzellianism mingled in, 156

  Cavalcantianism in, 158, 170–3

  conforto in, 249n116; Donne ch’avete compared to, 178

  erotic aggression in, 172–3, 174

  fuori in, 260n124; gridare in, 172, 181

  lady in, 170, 172–4

  Lo doloroso amor as sister canzone, 162, 165

  love as hunter in, 171–2

  murderous lady in, 170

  painful love in, 161, 170

  placement of, 170

  theology / theologization in, 158, 164, 181

  and Vita Nuova, 162–3, 173

  “Editing Dante’s Rime and Italian Cultural History” (Barolini), 11n15, 22, 23n32

  Enrichetto delle Querce, 100

  Era in penser d’amor quand’i’ trovai (Cavalcanti), 135–6

  Era venuta nella mente mia / Era venuta ne la mente mia, 259–64

  and anniversary of Beatrice’s death, 259–60

  Barbi-Maggini on, 260

  Cavalcantianism in, 260

  Color d’amore compared to, 273

  De Robertis and, 25, 259

  editorial intervention in, 259

  fuori in, 260–1

  identity of madonna in, 260

  memory of dead lady, 298

  Primo cominciamento, 261–2

  Quantunque volte compared to, 259

  Secondo cominciamento, 261–2

  theologization in, 262–3

  two redactions of, 24, 260–1

  variant texts, 259

  in Vita Nuova, 24, 25, 259, 260, 261–3

  erotic aggression: in E’ m’incresce di me, 172–3

  in rime petrose, 172–3, 181

  eschatology: in Inferno, 167

  in Lo doloroso amor, 164, 165–6, 167, 182

  in Paradiso, 167

  escondig, Ballata, i’ voi as, 138, 141, 275

  estravaganti: meaning of, 11n15, 168n84

  omitted from Convivio and Vita Nuova, 22

  Ethics (Aristotle), 4, 6, 55, 92, 113n45

  eyes: in Degli occhi della mia donna, 156–7

  of lady, 170, 172, 193, 236

  in Li occhi dolenti, 243

  of madonna, 156–7, 226n100

  in Negli occhi porta, 193

  and new love, 288

  of poet, 101, 102, 275–6, 278–9, 281, 286, 288

  vanità and, 278–9, 286

  in Volgete gli occhi, 110, 111. See also gaze

  familial terminology, 95

  Farinata, 198

  farnetico / farneticare, 47–8, 208

  favoleggiar, 47–8

  “figura nova,” 147

  Finfo amico, dire io voi presente (Guittone d’Arezzo), 50, 64

  Fioretta, 163

  Madonna, quel signor and, 87

  in Per una ghirlandetta, 127–8, 129, 237

  “fiso”: in Commedia, 248

  in mystical / visionary contexts, 247–8

  Folgore da San Gimignano: and brigata, 236

  courtly brio of, 4

  E di febbraio vi dono bella caccia, 104–5

  forgetfulness: of dead madonna, 276–7

  and death of Beatrice, 276–7

  of first love, 283

  in L’amaro lagrimar, 278–9, 283

  moral danger of, 278–9, 283

  Foster, Kenelm, 9–10

  Foster-Boyde: and Amore e ’l cor gentil, 188

  and Barolini’s edition, 22

  chronological ordering of edition, 14

  on Di donne io vidi, 236

  on Donna pietosa, 206

  on Io sono stato, 6

  and La dispietata mente, 162

  on Li occhi dolenti, 244

  and Lo doloroso amor, 156, 161, 162

  and O voi che per la via, 70

  and Per quella via, 302

  on Provedi, saggio, 38n5

  and Santangelo, 44

  on theological elements, 181

  on Tutti li miei penser, 145

  on Vede perfettamente, 233

  and Vita Nuova, 14, 22, 23

  Francesca da Rimini, in Inferno, 58, 131, 165, 188, 246, 273, 282

  free will: choice vs., 55

  in Commedia, 6

  love vs., 5, 55

  responsibility vs., 55

  in Savere e cortesia, 6. See also will

  Fresca rosa novella (Cavalcanti), 13n19, 127–8, 131–2, 184, 223

  friendship: amico vs., 50

  and Beatrice’s brother, 256

  Cicero and, 6, 47, 50–1, 92, 113n45, 116

  in Commedia, 115, 118

  in De vulgari eloquentia, 114–15

  in Deh ragioniamo, 6, 91–2, 113

  in Guido, i’ vorrei, 91–2, 108, 110, 113–18

  in I’ vegno ’l giorno a·tte ’nfinite volte, 114

  love vs., 107–8, 110–11

  in lyrics, 6–7

  oneness vs. individuality / plurality in, 115–18, 119

  poetry and, 50, 113–14, 115

  in Purgatorio 22, 92

  relaxation and, 91–2

  semantics of, 92

  in Sonar bracchetti, 107–8, 113

  of Statius and Vergil, 91, 118

  in Volgete gli occhi, 108, 110–11, 113. See also brigata

  Frisardi, Andrew, 27–8

  funerals: corrotto, 198, 199, 203, 209

  lamentations, 198

  procession of women, 199–200

  rites for Beatrice, 209–10

  social norms / rites associated with death, 198, 199, 203, 220.

  See also mourning

  fuori, 260–1

  gabbo: Cavalcantianism and, 144

  in Ciò che m’incontra, 149, 154

  in Con l’altre donne, 146, 149, 154

  and vergognare, 287

  Garisenda tower, Bologna, 7, 100–1

  garlands: in Per una ghirlandetta, 128–9, 237n108

  in Purgatorio, 38, 39–40, 128

  in tenzone with Dante da Maiano, 38, 39–40.

  See also ghirlanda/ghirlandetta

  gaze: in Di donne io vidi, 237–8

  in Negl
i occhi porta, 227–8

  in Paradiso, 238

  seduction through, 288

  in Tanto gentile, 227–8.

  See also eyes

  gender: attributes by, 273

  and brigata, 124, 234; in Convivio, 106n40

  and falling in love, 273

  in lyrics, 6–7

  and mourning, 194–7, 198, 199, 234

  in Paradiso, 109

  in Per quella via, 307

  in Se Lippo amico, 65–6

  in Se’ tu colui, 109, 204

  in Sonar bracchetti, 105–6, 107, 108–9

  in Vita Nuova, 118

  in Voi che portate, 109, 204

  gender boundary crossing: in Amore e ’l cor gentil, 189–90, 273

  in Doglia mi reca, 189

  in love, 189–90

  in mixed groups, 7, 118–19

  in Paradiso, 307

  in Se’ tu colui, 200, 204, 208

  and shame, 307

  in Voi che portate, 204, 208

  weeping and, 199

  genres, ordering by, 9, 12–13, 16, 18, 19, 161

  Gentil pensero che parla di vui, 280–5

  and Amor che nella mente mi ragiona, 280

  Cavalcantianism and, 280–1

  consolare in, 249n117

  De Robertis and, 280, 283

  donna gentile in, 265, 281, 282–4

  heart-soul dialogue in, 280, 281, 282–4

  L’amaro lagrimar compared to, 280, 283

  new love / lady in, 281, 282–4, 304

  in Vita Nuova, 275, 280, 281, 283, 284

  Voi che ’ntendendo and, 26, 280

  Geri del Bello, 51

  Gerusalemme liberata (Tasso), 181

  ghirlanda/ghirlandetta: and circularity, 129

  in Commedia, 128.

  See also garlands Giacomino Pugliese, Morte, perché m’hai fatta sì gran guerra, 77

  Giacomo da Lentini, 39, 79, 166, 230

  Io m’aggio posto in core a Dio servire, 165, 216

  Meravigliosamente, 67, 81

  Giovanna / Vanna: and Beatrice, 224

  Cavalcanti and, 127, 222, 224

  in Guido, i’ vorrei, 118–19, 222

  in Io mi senti’ svegliar, 118n58

  and John the Baptist, 224

  “monna,” 222–4

  as Primavera, 223–4

  Vanna as nickname for Giovanna, 222

  in Vita Nuova, 127

  Giunta, Claudio, 17, 23

  Giunti brothers, Sonetti e canzoni di diversi antichi autori toscani, 12–13, 43–4

  Giuntina: about, 12–13

  De Robertis and, 322 15–16

  and Lo doloroso amor, 168

  ordering in, 12–13, 15–16

  tenzoni between Dante and Dante da Maiano in, 13n19

  and Vita Nuova, 22, 23

  God: in Al cor gentil, 181, 184

  in Donne ch’avete, 180, 181–2, 183, 184, 186, 246, 278

  in E’ m’incresce di me, 174

  in Era venuta, 261

  in Gentil pensero, 281, 283

  in Giacomo da Lentini’s Io m’aggio posto, 165

  in Guinizzelli’s Al cor gentil, 166

  in La dispietata mente, 81, 82

  in Li occhi dolenti, 246, 247

  in Lo doloroso amor, 165–6

  Ne le man vostre and, 158

  in Per una ghirlandetta, 129

  as presenting vs. re-presenting, 95n36, 157, 228n104

  Sonetto, se Meuccio and, 95

  Gorni, Guglielmo, 25, 78, 113n46, 139, 215, 244

  Gragnolati, Manuele, 28

  gridare: in Donne ch’avete, 181

  in E’ m’incresce di me, 172, 181

  Guido, i’ vorrei che tu e Lapo ed io, 113–21

  amico not used in, 50

  and Amore e monna Lagia, 123

  brigata in, 7, 118–19, 124, 234, 256

  Cavalcantianism and, 127

  De Robertis on, 17

  friendship and poetry link in, 113–14

  friendship in, 6, 50, 91–2, 108, 110, 113–18

  Guido of, vs. Vita Nuova Guido, 224

  harmony / immortality in, 117

  lady in, 129

  Lapo in, 17, 116, 117

  and “Lippo,” 25–6, 113n46

  melancholy in, 120

  mixed-gender brigata in, 7, 118–19

  “monna Lagia” in, 118–19

  “monna Vanna” in, 118–19, 222

  Paradiso compared to, 120

  philosophical themes in, 8

  Sonar bracchetti compared, 119

  syntax of, 120–1

  Guido da Montefeltro, 101–2, 240

  Guido del Duca, 49

  Guido delle Colonne, Amor che lungiamente m’hai menato, 240

  Guinizzelli, Guido: Al cor gentil rimpaira sempre amore, 166, 181, 183–4, 188, 189

  in Amore e ’l cor gentil, 51n13, 188, 189, 190

  Bonagiunta and, 46

  in De vulgari eloquentia, 114

  Io voglio del ver la mia donna laudare, 80, 183, 192, 236–7, 247

  and love that hunts, 171

  in Purgatorio, 171

  Guinizzellianism: in A ciascun’alma, 58

  Cavalcantianism mingled with, 156

  and Com più vi fere Amor, 98

  in Degli occhi della mia donna, 156

  in Donne ch’avete, 167

  in E’ m’incresce di me, 156

  in Lo doloroso amor, 156, 167

  and madonna, 80, 233

  and new style, 134–5

  and theologization of courtly system, 159, 164

  and Tutti li miei penser, 143

  Guittone d’Arezzo: and amico, 49–51

  bella gioia of, 164

  and corone of sonnets, 17

  Finfo amico, dire io voi presente, 50, 64

  Mastro Bandino amico, el mio preghero, 50, 64

  Messer Bottaccio amico, ogn’animale, 49–50, 64

  Messer Giovanni amico, ’n vostro amore, 49–50, 64

  Ora parrà s’eo saverò cantare, 45, 98, 143

  and senhal “bella gioia,” 149; and sonetti rinterzati, 50, 63–4, 71

  and style of Com più vi fere Amor, 98

  Guittonianism: in Commedia, 78

  and incipits composed of settenari, 67

  of lyrics, 4

  and Morte villana, 63–4, 77–8

  and Se Lippo amico, 63, 64

  and sonetti rinterzati, 63–4, 71, 77

  of sonnets exchanged by Dante with Dante da Maiano, 64

  stil novo and, 39, 64

  of the “tenzone del duol d’amore,” 49–50

  in Vita Nuova, 58, 63–4

  heart: bitterness in, 163, 167, 207, 213

  colour of, 151, 185

  dialogue with soul in Gentil pensero, 280, 281, 282–4

  earthquake of, 152

  lady painted in lover’s, 81–2, 110, 111, 166, 203

  of lover, fed to beloved, 46, 47, 59

  noble, 58, 188, 189, 273

  as petrified / of stone, 4, 246, 247

  sigh from, 294, 297

  sweetness in, 226, 228, 298

  trembling of, 143, 145, 151, 152, 153–4

  Horace, Carmina, 271

  hunt / hunting: dogs, in Convivio, 106n40

  Folgore and, 104–5

  love vs., 108–9

  in Sonar bracchetti, 104–5, 106, 107, 108–9

  hyperbole: in Donne ch’avete, 79, 182

  in L’amaro lagrimar, 277–8

  in Lo doloroso amor, 163, 164, 167, 182, 277–8

  in Vede perfettamente, 231

  I’ ho veduto già senza radice, sonnet to Cino da Pistoia, 108n43

  I’ vegno ’l giorno a·tte ’nfinite volte (Cavalcanti), 110, 114, 120, 172, 250, 267

  as anti-consolatoria, 114, 250n118

  In un boschetto trova’ pasturella (Cavalcanti), 128

  Inferno: ammenda / prenda / intenda in, 101–2

  Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti in, 120

>   Cavalcanti in, 126

  construction of Donna pietosa and, 213

  courtly life and, 82

  Dido in, 282

  earthquake, 152

  embedded speeches in, 213

  eschatology in, 167

  Francesca da Rimini in, 58, 131, 165, 188, 246, 273, 282

  Garisenda in, 100–1

  lust in, 6, 165

  metatextual lexicon of, 65

  Muses of, 192

  oscura in, 269

  Paolo Malatesta in, 188, 273

  shame in, 51

  “intelletto d’amore,” 8, 179, 185, 297

  Io m’aggio posto in core a Dio servire (Giacomo da Lentini), 165, 216

  Io mi senti’ svegliar dentro a lo core, 222–5

  Bice in, 163n83, 182n90, 222, 223, 244

  and Cavalcanti, 224

  Donne ch’avete compared to, 178

  Love in, 221, 222

  naming of names in, 223

  Vanna in, 118n58, 222–3

  in Vita Nuova, 222

  Io non pensava che lo cor giammai (Cavalcanti), 132, 139, 140

  Io sento pianger l’anima nel core, 17, 122–3

  Io sento sì d’Amor la gran possanza: in canzoni distese, 11

  conforto in, 249n116

  vergogna in, 287n139

  Io son venuto al punto della rota: as canzone petrosa, 4

  in canzoni distese, 11

  confortare in, 249n116

  Io sono stato con Amore insieme, 5–6

  Io voglio del ver la mia donna laudare (Guinizzelli), 80, 183, 192, 236–7, 247

  Jacopone da Todi, 151

  Jeremiah, Lamentations of: in O voi che per la via, 72

  in Sì lungiamente, 239

  and suffering of Florence, 291

  in Vita Nuova, 72–3, 291.

  See also lamentation(s)

  Jesus Christ: Beatrice and, 159, 224

  lady painted in lover’s heart and, 81

  madonna and, 215

  in Ne le man vostre, 158, 159

  in Paradiso, 248–9

  John the Baptist, 223, 224

  journey motif: in Cavalcando l’altr’ier, 134

  and desire, 40–1

  of falling in love, 303

  of life in Commedia, 84

  of life in Convivio, 84

  in Oltra la spera, 295

  in otherworld, 295

  in Per quella via, 303

  of soul, 165, 166

  in Vita Nuova, 144

  La dispietata mente che pur mira, 79–86

  amico in, 50, 114n48

  in canzoni distese, 12

  characteristics of love in, 87–8

  conforto in, 249n116

  congedo of, 94

  “dolce loco” in, 88

  Donne ch’avete compared to, 178

  Foster-Boyde and, 162

  and Giacomo da Lentini, 165

  honour in, 8

  lady painted in lover’s heart in, 81–2, 110

  Lo doloroso amor compared to, 162

  Madonna, quel signor and, 87, 88

  master-servant trope in, 8, 80

 

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