01670cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500290014526400510017430000470022533600260027233700260029833800360032450000750036050000310043550800800046652006380054653400450118465300150122970000300124470000270127485600430130112867UtSlPG20260610133314.0mcr n260607r2004||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPQ1 aDante Alighieri,d1265-132114aThe Banquet (Il Convito) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2004  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convivio  aRelease date is 2004-07-09  aProduced by Paul Murray, Marc André Selig and PG Distributed Proofreaders  a"The Banquet (Il Convito)" by Dante Alighieri is an unfinished work written between 1304 and 1307. This vernacular encyclopedia explores philosophy, politics, science, and history through four books combining poetry and prose commentary. After Beatrice's death, Dante celebrates his new love for Lady Philosophy, defends writing in Italian rather than Latin, and challenges aristocratic notions of nobility. The work reveals Dante's intellectual development between his earlier "Vita Nuova" and the "Divine Comedy," offering crucial insight into his philosophical and artistic evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aPhilosophy1 aMorley, Henry,d1822-18941 aSayer, Elizabeth Price40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12867