The Banquet (Il Convito)
| Author | : Dante Alighieri |
| Publisher | : Good Press |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2019-12-04 |
| ISBN-13 | : EAN:4057664586728 |
| ISBN-10 | : |
| Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
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
