Guido Cavalcanti
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Empires, Dynasties, Holy Roman Empire
- Curriculum: Italian History, Medieval History/Middle Ages
Article abstract: Through his unique treatment of the theme of love, Cavalcanti became one of the major poets of the so-called dolce stil nuovo school. He exerted a major influence on Dante and the love poets of the early Renaissance.
Early Life
Guido Cavalcanti’s importance as one of the early masters of European love poetry becomes all the more remarkable in view of the paucity of information about his life. He was born in the middle of the thirteenth century, the period in which the vernacular Italian literature first arose. His family was...
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