An Essay on the Vita Nuova

amore analogy Augustine autem beatitude Beatrice's beginning beloved Bernard Bonaventura Book of Memory c'est canzone caritas chapter charity Christ Christian ciò Convivio copy courtly love creature Dante Dante's death of Beatrice Deum Deus Deus caritas est Dicitur dico Dieu dire Divine Comedy end of love enim ergo fact Gilson gloss greeting Guido Cavalcanti Guinicelli happiness Heaven lady libro love of Beatrice love of woman lover meaning metaphor miracle mystic nature nove number nine numero object of love Paradiso parlare parole Petrarch poems poet poet's potest praise Proem prose quae quale quam quia quod ragioni reader reason resemblance revealed Richard of St saint salute scribe seen song of degrees sonnet stage of love subject matter Summa theologica sunt theme things third Thomas Aquinas tradition troubadour love truth upward vision Vita Nuova Vulg words write written