The Italian Renaissance
2nd Edition
Published on 11. November 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-8020-7735-6 (ISBN)
Description
An anthology of writings from the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries designed to illustrate the life and thought of Italians for students and the general reader. It offers a broad sampling of humanist work by educators, statesmen, philosophers, churchmen and courtiers translated into English. This is a reprint of a book first published in 1965.
Reviews / Votes
'This collection of humanistic prose is invaluable to all those who contemplate the history of western civilization, but most especially to students of the Italian Renaissance history, literature, philosophy, and art history who will greatly benefit from this engaging scholarly survey of hard-to-find original texts of important works.'- Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier (Sixteenth Century Journal)
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8020-7735-6 (9780802077356)
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Person
Werner L. Gundersheimer is Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.