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(1235-1294) Italian writer. Guittone d'Arezzo was the founder of the Tuscan school of courtly poetry. He was the creator of dolce stil nuovo ("sweet new style").
Italian Literature: 13th and 14th Century
"Guittone d'Arezzo and his followers produced little poetry of distinction. Guinizelli was the creator of the dolce stil nuovo ('sweet new style')."
Origins of the Sonnet
"The form made its way north in the hands of Guittone d'Arezzo (1230-1294), who wrote 246 sonnets on any topic imaginable, and into the hands of the circle of stilnovisti from which Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) emerged--like Guido Cavalcanti (1255-1300)."

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