Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body

This text takes a serious look at Dante's relation to Latin grammar and the new "mother tongue" - Italian vernacular - by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Gary P. Cestaro is associate professor of modern languages at DePaul University.

Zusammenfassung

This text takes a serious look at Dante's relation to Latin grammar and the new "mother tongue" - Italian vernacular - by exploring the cultural significance of the nursing mother in medieval discussions of language and selfhood.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: CESTARO, Gary Cestaro, Gary P. Cestaro, Gary P. Cestaro
• Verlag: University Of Notre Dame Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 03.09.2003
• EAN: 9780268025533
• ISBN: 978-0-268-02553-3
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Gewicht: 616 g
• Serien: William and Katherine Devers S; William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies; William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies; The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft