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Invectives (The I Tatti Renaissance Library 11) - Hardcover

Book 11 of 101: The I Tatti Renaissance Library

Petrarca, Francesco; Marsh, David

 
9780674011540: Invectives (The I Tatti Renaissance Library 11)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674011546 ISBN 13: 9780674011540
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Just as Petrarch's Latin epic Africa imitated Virgil and his compendium On Illustrious Men was inspired by Livy, so Petrarch's four Invectives were intended to revive the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine and the dominance of French culture in general. They defend the value of literary culture against obscurantism and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. This volume provides a new critical edition of the Latin text based on the two autograph copies, and the first English translation of three of the four invectives.

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About the Author

David Marsh is Professor of Italian at Rutgers University and an expert on the Italian Renaissance. He has published broadly on Renaissance humanism and the classical tradition and has translated seminal texts by important early-modern authors including Petrarch, Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci, and Vico.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication date
2004
Language
Latin
ISBN 10 
0674011546
ISBN 13 
9780674011540
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
560