«Dante, from language to homeland. We are still “Sons of the thirteenth century” “(the book by Giuseppe PALMA)
March 2020, e-book edition; April 2020, paper edition. It was the first book released in Italy in view of the celebrations of the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri (1321-2021).
A literary essay with which I deal with two themes in particular: the birth of the Italian language with the fundamental contribution of the Dolce Stil Novo and Dante's concept of "homeland" . Although of essential content, the book is enriched, in the conclusions, by an extract from the preface that Gabriele d'Annunzio wrote for the monumental edition of the Divine Comedy of 1911, made on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Unification of Italy. The language that Italians still speak today is roughly the same as in the 13th-14th century, which is why I believe that we are still “ Children of the 13th century ”.
The anniversary of 2021 is therefore an opportunity not only to celebrate the Supreme Poet, who also has its importance as a national symbol, but above all to rediscover and enhance the Italian language , a real reason why all citizens – from North to South – can rediscover a healthy and genuine sense of belonging to the "homeland". Indeed, Pier Paolo Pasolini argued that ours is not a bureaucratic language, such as French, for example, but a literary language , that is, born of literature (poems, short stories, novels, epistles, etc.). Although the Florentine vernacular of the late thirteenth century is anticipated by the Sicilian vernacular (first half of the thirteenth century with the Poetic School of Frederick II of Swabia ), the former affirms itself over the latter only for reasons of literary prestige.
- by Giuseppe Palma, « Dante, from language to homeland. In the seven hundredth anniversary of his death (1321-2021) we are still "Sons of the thirteenth century" » , with an extract from the preface by Gabriele d'Annunzio for the monumental edition of the 1911 Comedy , Gds, March 2020 (e-book edition); April 2020 (paper edition).
A) Edition in E-book: 
https://www.ibs.it/dante-dalla-lingua-alla-patria-ebook-giuseppe-palma/e/9788835387084
B) Print edition :
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