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Dante: De vulgari eloquentia (Cambridge Medieval Classics) Hardcover - 1996
by Dante; Botterill, Steven [Translator]
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- Title Dante: De vulgari eloquentia (Cambridge Medieval Classics)
- Author Dante; Botterill, Steven [Translator]
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1� edicion.
- Condition New
- Pages 136
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 1996-10-28
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0521400643
- ISBN 9780521400640 / 0521400643
- Weight 0.66 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.6 in (21.84 x 14.48 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Questione della lingua, Italian language - Versification
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95050623
- Dewey Decimal Code 320.01
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Since I find that no one, before myself, has dealt in any way with the theory of eloquence in the vernacular, and since we can plainly see that such eloquence is necessary to everyone - for not only men, but also women and children strive to a acquire it, as far as nature allows - I shall try, inspired by the Word that comes from above, to say something useful about the language of people who speak the vulgar tongue, hoping thereby to enlighten somewhat the understanding of those who walk the streets like blind, ever thinking that what lies ahead is behind them.
From the rear cover
This is the first new translation for forty years of a fascinating work of political theory. Dante's Monarchy addresses the fundamental question of what form of political organization best suits human nature. It embodies a political vision of startling originality and power, and illuminates the intellectual interests and achievements of one of the world's great poets. Prue Shaw's translation is accompanied by a full introduction and notes, which provide a complete guide to the text, and which place Monarchy in the context of Dante's life and work.