Introduction
Like Dante's other rime petrose, this sestina
probably dates from the winter of 1296-1297. It has been the most commented upon
of all the rime petrose, and it has long been recognized
as one of the most complex and intellectually rigorous of his
lesser works. The importance that Dante himself attached to the
work is clear from the two important discussions of the poem
that he gives in
<hi rend="i">De
vulgari eloquentia</hi>
(II.x.2, II.xiii.2),
where Dante lays out his debt to Arnaut Daniel. Dante does not
mention, however, the Daniel poem that his own work follows
so closely: “
Lo
ferm voler q'el cor m'intra
”.
Bibliographic
Robert M. Durling and Ronald L. Martinez,
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and the Crystal. Studies in Dante's Rime Petrose</hi>
</xref>
Berkeley, CA
1990
M. Barbi e P. Pernicone,
eds.,
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<hi rend="i">Dante
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Maturita e dell'Esilio</hi>
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Firenze
1969
554-561
Foster and Boyde I. 163-165; II, 265-268.
Surtees
I. 135
(Virginia Surtees.
<hi rend="i">The Paintings and Drawings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882). A Catalogue Raisonne.</hi>
)
M
188
(H. C. Marillier,
<hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti. An Illustrated Memorial of his Life and Art.</hi>
)
Fraticelli (1834)
CCXL-CCXLIII, 97-98