De Vulgari Eloquentia: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
De Vulgari Eloquentia by Dante Alighieri: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 7 original MP3 tracks, 1:41:54 running time and a link to listen.
De Vulgari Eloquentia, credited to Dante Alighieri, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox De Vulgari Eloquentia, by Dante Alighieri. Read by Anna Simon and Mary J. De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the Vernacular) is a short essay written by Dante Alighieri in Latin. The work remains incomplete; only one and a half books are extant. It is believed to have been composed during Dante's exile, probably at some point between 1302 and 1305. The work revolves around the relationship between Latin and vernacular, and the need for a literary language, with an excurse on the poetic forms in vernacular. (Summary by Leni)
Recording facts
- Recording title: De Vulgari Eloquentia
- Author credits: Dante Alighieri
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 7
- Listed recording duration: 1:41:54
Catalogue topics
- non-fiction/essays & short works
- Latin
- languages
- Italian
- literary criticism
- medieval literature
Track guide
- 01 - Book 1, Chapters I-IV — 11:52
- 02 - Book 1, Chapters V-VIII — 12:59
- 03 - Book 1, Chapters IX-XIII — 15:12
- 04 - Book 1, Chapters XIV-XIX — 13:42
- 05 - Book 2, Chapters I-IV — 15:31
- 06 - Book 2, Chapters V-VIII — 15:16
- 07 - Book 2, Chapters IX-XIV — 17:22
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