Dante - De Vulgari Eloquentia |
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| Author:
| Dante, |
| Edited and Translated by:
| Botterill, Steven |
| Contribution by:
| Dronke, Peter |
| Series title: | Cambridge Medieval Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-40064-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $98.99 |
Book Description:
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De vulgari eloquentia is the only known work of medieval literary theory to have been produced by a practising poet, and the first to assert the superiority of living, vernacular languages over Latin. Steven Botterill offers the only Latin-English edition of Dante's treatise, together with notes and introduction.
De vulgari eloquentia is the only known work of medieval literary theory to have been produced by a practising poet, and the first to assert the superiority of living, vernacular languages over Latin. Steven Botterill offers the only Latin-English edition of Dante's treatise, together with notes and introduction.