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- In some respects, although Cavalcanti produced a small body of work and achieved much less fame than Dante, he was nonetheless the most important member of Dolce Stil Novo; Dante himself viewed Cavalcanti as a role-model, and many of the other poets belonging to the movement would pay their respects to Cavalcanti's genius.
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Guido's father, Cavalcante de’ Cavalcanti, is among these heretics, and proceeds to ask Dante about his son. Dante refers to Guido in the past tense, thus leading Cavalcante to believe that Guido is dead. Dante, later feeling guilty, asks Farinata degli Uberti, another heretic, to inform Cavalcante that Guido remains alive.
Guido Cavalcanti (born c. 1255, Florence [Italy]—died Aug. 27/28, 1300, Florence) was an Italian poet, a major figure among the Florentine poets who wrote in the dolce stil nuovo (“sweet new style”) and who is considered, next to Dante, the most striking poet and personality in 13th-century Italian literature.
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In some respects, although Cavalcanti produced a small body of work and achieved much less fame than Dante, he was nonetheless the most important member of Dolce Stil Novo; Dante himself viewed Cavalcanti as a role-model, and many of the other poets belonging to the movement would pay their respects to Cavalcanti's genius.
Dante's best friend, Guido Cavalcanti--a few years older than Dante--was an aristocratic white guelph and an erudite, accomplished poet in his own right. Guido's best known poem, Donna me prega ("A lady asks me"), is a stylistically sophisticated example of his philosophical view of love as a dark force that leads one to misery and often to death.
Ezra Pound, Cavalcanti’s translator into English, even exalted him above Dante, noting in 1929 that “Dante is less in advance of his time than Guido Cavalcanti.”
May 11, 2018 · Italian poet; b. Florence, c. 1259; d. there, August 1300. He was prominent in the political conflicts between factions of the guelfs and died of a fever contracted in political exile. Dante called him "the first of my friends" and dedicated the Vita Nuova to him.
Guido Cavalcanti. Guido Cavalcanti: Circle 6, Inferno 10. Dante's best friend, Guido Cavalcanti--a few years older than Dante--was an aristocratic white guelph and an erudite, accomplished poet in his own right. Guido's best known poem, Donna me prega ("A lady asks me"), is a stylistically sophisticated example of his philosophical view of love ...
