INVECTIVES: 11 (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) - Hardcover

Fiell, Charlotte & Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674011546 ISBN 13: 9780674011540

Verlag: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Petrarca Francesco

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Impeccably edited and translated by David Marsh. Impeccably edited and translated by David Marsh. -- Anthony T. Grafton "New York Review of Books" (10/05/2006) Impeccably edited and translated by David Marsh.--Anthony T. Grafton"New York Review of Books" (10/05/2006)

Reseña del editor:

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. The present edition contains the first English translation of three of the four invectives.

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• Verlag: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0674011546
• ISBN 13: 9780674011540
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 560