The Banquet (Il Convito)

The Banquet (Il Convito)
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Publisher : Good Press
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4057664586728
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Book Synopsis The Banquet (Il Convito) by : Dante Alighieri

Download or read book The Banquet (Il Convito) written by Dante Alighieri and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-04 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Banquet (Il Convito)" by Dante Alighieri is an unfinished work which consists of four books, or, "tratatti": a prefatory one, plus three books that each include a canzone and a prose allegorical interpretation or commentary of the poem. The Convivio is a kind of vernacular encyclopedia of the knowledge of Dante's time; it touches on many areas of learning, not only philosophy but also politics, linguistics, science, astronomy, and history. The treatise begins with the prefatory book, or proem, which explains why a book like the Convivio is needed and why Dante is writing it in the vernacular instead of Latin. It is one of Dante's early defenses of the vernacular


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