Convivio (Dante - Cambridge pbk)

Author: Dante

ISBN: 9781316505021

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Middle Ages

Subtitle: A Dual-Language Critical Edition

Dante's Convivio, composed in exile between 1304 and 1307, is a series of self-commentaries on three of Dante's long poems. The prose is written in Italian so that those who were not educated in Latin could take part in what Dante called his 'banquet of knowledge'. In this edition, eminent Dante translator-scholar Andrew Frisardi offers the first fully annotated translation of the work into English, with an extensive introduction, making Dante's often complex writings accessible to scholars and students.