Vernacular literatures
Paolo Cherchi
Dante wrote the Vita nova around 1292–95, and included in it poems written previously at dates difficult to establish. Around same time Guiraut Riquier (b. c.1230), last of troubadours, died (1292); Guittone d'Arezzo c.1235) soon after (1294), as did Brunetto Latini (1293; b. c.1220). The composition fell between death Guido Guinizzelli (1276; c.1230) that Cavalcanti (1300; 1250/59). Also during those two decades Libro di cento novelle (Book One Hundred Tales), better known Il novellino, first major work prose an Italian vernacular, was composed. Dante's entry into literary scene took place a generational cultural change which poet pivotal cause protagonist.
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