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De Vulgari Eloquentia: Dante's Book of Exile (Regents Studies in Medieval Culture)
De Vulgari Eloquentia Dante's Book of Exile - Regents Studies in Medieval Culture
Author: Marianne Shapiro
Written in 1303-05, when Dante was in political exile from his native Florence, De vulgari eloquentia addresses the problem of how to raise the Italian language to the status of Latin in the esteem of the literate public. It is the fullest and most important document concerning vernacular writing in the Middle Ages?indeed, the earliest wo...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803242111
ISBN-10: 0803242115
Publication Date: 12/1/1990
Pages: 277
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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