
Silvae
Angelo Poliziano(Author)
Harvard University Press
Published on 30. July 2004
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-674-01480-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
At once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace. -- William J. Kennedy * Renaissance Quarterly *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
None
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-01480-0 (9780674014800)
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Persons
Charles Fantazzi is Thomas Harriot Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics and Great Books at East Carolina University.