Vita nuovaThis bilingual edition of the Vita Nuova is the first facing page translation of this text to be available in over 50 years. Dino S. Cervigni and Edward Vasta have translated Dante's lyrics into line by line free verse that seeks to reproduce Dante's lyrical complexities of meaning, form, and style. The three part introduction covers Dante's life and work, the form and content of the Vita Nuova, and the theory and practice adopted for the translation.