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The Literature of Italy From the Origin of the Italian Language to the Death of Boccaccio; A Historical Sketch by Leonard Francis Simpson
The Literature of Italy From the Origin of the Italian Language to the Death of Boccaccio A Historical Sketch by Leonard Francis Simpson Author:Leonard Francis Simpson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Original Publisher: R. Bentley Subjects: Italian literature Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / Italian Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy... more » the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: I CHAPTER I. Origin of the Italian language. -- Diversity of opinion respecting it. -- Derivation from the Latin. -- The Romano-rustico, or Lingua Romanza. -- The language adopted and ennobled by the Provencaux. -- In Italy Proper the language still uncultivated. -- The Reason. -- Frederick II., King of Sicily, introduces the Italian language at his court. -- He founds the University of Naples. -- His sons. -- Pier delle Vigae. -- His melancholy death. -- His character vindicated by Dante. -- Cullo d'Alcamo. -- Guido delle Colonne. -- Nina of Sicily. -- Dante di Majano. -- Guido Guinicelli. -- Arnaud Daniel. -- Tuscan Poets of the thirteenth century. -- Guittone d'Arrezzo. -- Bruuetto Latini. -- Guido Cavalcaoti. -- Prose writers of the thirteenth century. -- Matteo Spinello. -- Mali-spini -- Pier Crescenzi. -- The Italian dialect universally adopted in Italy at the close of the thirteenth century. Great diversity of opinion exists respecting the origin of the Italian language. It is a point which the learned men of Italy have not been able to decide, though the majority are in favour of its derivation from the Latin, contending that it was first corrupted and then embellished. But Leonardo Bruni, Gravina, Quadrio, and other eminent writers, maintain that the Italian language is of as ancient an origin as the Latin ; that both were spoken at the same time in Rome, the former by the lower classes and in the ordinary transactions of daily intercourse, the latter and more...« less