Round 12: Tossup 16

This is the second adjective in the name of a movement whose founder wrote the poem “Donna me prega.” An author referred to a book titled for this adjective as his “libello” or little book. This is the (-5[1])second adjective in the name of a movement that emphasized Divine Love and was founded by Guido Cavalcanti. A book titled for this adjective that details first seeing a woman at nine years old contains 25 love sonnets and 4 (*) canzoni. This adjective, which describes a “sweet style” in Tuscan poetry, titles a 1290s book about the author’s love for Beatrice. For 10 points, Dante wrote a book titled for a life, or La vita, described by what word? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: new [or nuova or novo; accept La vita nuova or Dolce stil novo; accept sweet new style]
<Literature - European, Rohan Kher> | VAULT II Packet 13 (Finals 1)
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-131100%0%100%118.00
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30425%25%0%55.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-171100%100%0%60.00