07229. DANTE ALGHIERI'S LA VITA NUOVA. Thorough dissection and discussion of Dante's spiritual and self-revealing series of poems for his beloved Beatrice. Like the poems themselves, the study concentrates on the development of Dante's character and emotions as he spends his youth in an idealistic passion for a woman he talked to only once. 25 pages, 1 footnote, 1 bibliographic source. Notes in text.