ANGELO POLIZIANO Silvae (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
POLIZIANO Angelo, FANTAZZI Charles [Editor and Translator]
ISBN 10: 0674014804 ISBN 13: 9780674014800
Published by Harvard University Press, 2004. 9780674014800, 2004
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1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (a hint of fading at tail of spine - otherwise Fine). Pp. xx + 215 (pages a little musty; no inscriptions). [Parallel Latin and English text]. Seller Inventory # 190368
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Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his contemporaries writing in Italian.
About the Author: Charles Fantazzi is Thomas Harriot Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics and Great Books at East Carolina University.
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Title: ANGELO POLIZIANO Silvae (I Tatti Renaissance...
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2004. 9780674014800
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition