books.google.com - In this new edition Musa views Dante's intention as one of cruel and comic commentary on the shallowness and self-pity of his protagonist, who only occasionally glimpses the true nature of love. "... the explication de texte which accompanies [Musa's] translation is instructively novel, always admirable.......http://books.google.com/books/about/Dante_s_Vita_Nuova.html?id=SWf4r6lObPMC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareDante's 'Vita Nuova'