num_pages: 136
description: 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.
language: English
title: Dante: De Vulgari Eloquentia
titlecomplete: Dante: De Vulgari Eloquentia
genres: Medieval, Classics, Literary Criticism, Language, Philosophy, Italy, Linguistics, Italian Literature, Nonfiction, Literature
ratings_count: 361
publisher: Cambridge University Press