Dante: de Vulgari Eloquentia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521409230)

De vulgari eloquentia, written by Dante in the early years of the fourteenth century, is the only known work of medieval literary theory to have been produced by a practicing poet, and the first to assert the intrinsic superiority of living, vernacular languages over Latin. Steven Botterill here offers the only Latin-English parallel-text edition of an important early work by the author of the Divine Comedy, and the only English translation with thorough and up-to-date notes and introductory material.

Author: Dante
ISBN-10: 0521409233
ISBN-13: 9780521409230
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2005
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d