Dante
Subtitle: De vulgari eloquentia (Cambridge Medieval Classics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 28, 1996
Language: eng; lat
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780521400640
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Works by individual poets: classical, early & medieval; Versification; Literary Criticism; Italian Literature; Politics / Current Events; Italian; Latin; Italy; Poetry; Continental European; General; Political; Literary Collections / Continental European; Philosophy : Political; Poetry : Continental European; Political Science / General; Questione della lingua Questione della lingua; European - General; Italian language; Questione della lingua
First sentence: 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.