De Vulgari Eloquentia by Dante Alighieri
A learned medieval Latin treatise that analyzes the origins, diversity, and social roles of vernacular languages, arguing for the legitimacy and poetic potential of a cultivated common tongue; it classifies regional vulgars, examines their relation to Latin and to literary practice, and reflects on language, rhetoric, and cultural identity in a changing linguistic landscape.
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- Published
- 1304
- Nationality
- Italian
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- Original Language
- Latin
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- On Eloquence in the Vernacular
- On the Vernacular Language
- Sulla lingua volgare
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