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Letters: Volume 1
Angelo Poliziano
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Description for Letters: Volume 1
Hardback. Angelo Poliziano (1454 - 1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, 'il Magnifico'. This volume illuminates his friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence concerning the composition of his "Miscellanies". Translator(s): Butler, Shane. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, "il Magnifico." His correspondence gives us an intimate glimpse of the revival of classical literature from the pen of a man at the very center of the Renaissance movement. This volume illuminates his close friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence concerning the composition and reception of his Miscellanies, a revolutionary work of philology. It also includes his famous and moving letter on the death of Lorenzo de' Medici. ... Read more
Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, "il Magnifico." His correspondence gives us an intimate glimpse of the revival of classical literature from the pen of a man at the very center of the Renaissance movement. This volume illuminates his close friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence concerning the composition and reception of his Miscellanies, a revolutionary work of philology. It also includes his famous and moving letter on the death of Lorenzo de' Medici. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674021969
SKU
V9780674021969
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About Angelo Poliziano
Shane Butler is Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins University.
Reviews for Letters: Volume 1
Any new edition of such an important work is a landmark, for which all students of literary and intellectual life in fifteenth century Florence will be grateful. They will also join me in expressing the hope that it will be completed as soon as reasonably possible.
Nigel Wilson
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Nigel Wilson
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