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Journal of Modern Italian Studies
RIVISTA DI STUDI ITALIANI
Anno XVI , n° 1, Giugno 1998 ( Contributi ) pag. 104-115

FROM THEORY TO HISTORY AND POETRY:
DANTE'S HUNT IN THE FOREST OF DIALECTS
MARIA C. PASTORE PASSARO
Central Connecticut State University,
New Britain, Connecticut
Dante's quest for language is persistent throughout his works, and throughout he probes language from a variety of angles: poetic, philosophical, and political. Adumbrations of this concern and of this quest are to be found in the early writings of Dante such as Convivio and Vita nuova. They come to the fore in the theoretical and historical reflections in De vulgari eloquentia. [...]
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