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This paper analyzes some passages of Dante’s Vita Nuova with the aim of approaching the internal laws in accordance with which the artistic text is born. The analysis is conducted using the method “from subject to subject,” the application of which to Dante’s work is briefly justified in the first, introductory part. The main part of the paper is devoted to the author’s introduction to the book, highlighting its importance as evidence of the existence of a clear authorial intention. The connections between this introduction and other parts of the text are explored. The significance of the words “Incipit vita nova” is analyzed as an indication of the work’s premise. The position of Luigi Valli on the initiatory nature of the work is mentioned, and some elements within it are identified that are considered noteworthy in connection with this study and that serve as a bridge to its second part. Here, attention is focused on the “feminine” and “masculine,” “internal” and “external” elements within the text; the hypothesis is substantiated that through these elements one can trace a path to answering the question of the author’s intention in the work.

Keywords: Dante, Vita Nuova, method from subject to subject, authorial intention, feminine and masculine, internal and external.