TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dante Alighieri
AU  - Morley,Henry
AU  - Sayer,Elizabeth Price
TI  - The Banquet (Il Convito)
AV  - PQ 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convivio; Release date is 2004-07-09; Produced by Paul Murray, Marc André Selig and PG Distributed Proofreaders; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12867
ER  -