"Dolce stil novo," "sweet new style," is the name that Bonagiunta da Lucca gives, in canto XXIV, to Dante's manner of writing, and it came to designate the school. Dante defines it as that of one who takes notes when Love inspires him and goes on signifying as it dictates within; Bonagiunta sees in it the knot that held him, him, the Notary and Guittone. The name comes from the mouth of someone who was left out.
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