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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.Gary P. Cestaro is the author of 'Dante and the Grammar of the Nursing Body (The William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies, V. 5)' with ISBN 9780268025540 and ISBN 0268025541.
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