Love at first sight

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In that part of the book of my memory, before which very little is written, there is a heading that reads "Here begins a new life".

Dante Alighieri

La Vita Nuova

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Topic

Love at first sight Being in love

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

La Vita Nuova

Language

Italian

Time

1294 1290s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Original Citation

Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Dante. Vita Nuova, translated by Mark Musa. Oxford University, 2008, ch. 1.

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

Christopher Marlowe

Hero and Leander

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Topic

Love at first sight Love

Author

Christopher Marlowe

Source

Hero and Leander

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1593 1590s 16th century

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Original Citation

Marlowe, Christopher and George Chapman. Hero and Leander. London: Paul Linley, 1598.

Current Citation

Marlow, Christopher and George Chapman. "Hero and Leander." The Complete Poems and Translations. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?

William Shakespeare

As You Like It

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Topic

Love at first sight Love

Speaker

Phebe

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

As You Like It

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 5.