FAH246H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Guido Cavalcanti, Courtly Love
13 Dec 2016
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Primary source, taken from the texts studied in class. Paraphrase the content, and explain any references that need explanation. Part of the tradition of courtly love and the sweet new style. Outside the tradition because of innovations, nobility of spirit and soul. Palinode series of poet regret/ recants his love. Dante does not stop his ascending motion and never renounces his love for. She is as christ is for him as god is for others. To go with my faithful reason (no recantation) Captive soul- addressing himself, belonging to court of love. God of love feeds her heart ablaze, what he means when beatrice greets him, when he sees her again. (prose passage) dante makes a big deal of colors. Scripture passage missing in the poem, madonna my lady. Dante wrote the poem on the day the signs are clear, prose of twelve years. He later re-visits the poem, when he better understands.
