{"product_id":"the-banquet-by-dante-alighieri-dante-alighieri-9781606642627","title":"The Banquet by Dante Alighieri, Fiction, Classics, Literary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDante has been called \"the Father of the Italian language\". \u003c\/strong\u003eIn Italy, Dante is often referred to as il Sommo Poeta (\"the Supreme Poet\") and il Poeta; he, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called \"the three fountains\" or \"the three crowns\". Let those come to us -- whosoever they be -- who, pressed by the management of civil and domestic life, have felt the human hunger for True Knowledge . . . and let all of us sit together at one table -- for the Banquet! Written in his final days, after the completion of his masterful Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri's The Banquet presents many of his most compelling thoughts as to how a life of maturity and civility should be conducted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dante Alighieri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606642626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606642627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Dante Alighieri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938699575551,"sku":"9781606642627","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8699dd3d-e11f-450f-9cdd-eae222efce84.jpg?v=1681437222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-banquet-by-dante-alighieri-dante-alighieri-9781606642627","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}