Question
A ballate by this poet inspired the refrain “Because I do not hope to turn again” in T. S. Eliot’s poem “Ash Wednesday.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who wrote several canzoni in the “sweet new style,” including one whose first line translates as “a lady asked me.” This poet was referred to as “first of my friends” in the work La Vita Nuova.
ANSWER: Guido Cavalcanti
[10m] Cavalcanti’s canzone “Donna me prega” addresses a personification of this concept. An influential 12th-century work by Andreas Capellanus titled for this concept was inspired by a poetic “textbook” by Ovid.
ANSWER: love [accept courtly love or divine love; accept Amore or Ars Amatoria]
[10e] Though he addressed his love poetry to others, Cavalcanti entered a strategic marriage with a woman of this name. Another woman with this name was the lifelong love of the author of La Vita Nuova, Dante Alighieri.
ANSWER: Beatrice
<HG, European Literature>
Summary
| 2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 50% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
Data
| Waterloo Aspidistra | Waterloo Basic | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |