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On Exile
Francesco Filelfo
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Description for On Exile
Hardback. Francesco Filelfo's On Exile depicts noblemen and humanists, driven from Florence by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings of exile--poverty and loss of reputation--and the best way to endure and profit from them. This volume contains the first complete edition of the Latin text and the first complete translation into any modern language. Editor(s): Keyser, Jeroen de. Translator(s): Blanchard, W. Scott. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 510 pages. BIC Classification: HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 143 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
Francesco Filelfo's philosophical dialogue On Exile (ca. 1440) depicts a prominent group of Florentine noblemen and humanists, driven from their city by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings imposed by exile such as poverty and loss of reputation, and the best way to endure and even profit from them. This volume contains the first complete edition of the Latin text and the first complete translation into any modern language.
Francesco Filelfo's philosophical dialogue On Exile (ca. 1440) depicts a prominent group of Florentine noblemen and humanists, driven from their city by Cosimo de' Medici, discussing the sufferings imposed by exile such as poverty and loss of reputation, and the best way to endure and even profit from them. This volume contains the first complete edition of the Latin text and the first complete translation into any modern language.
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
510
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
620g
Number of Pages
510
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674066366
SKU
V9780674066366
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About Francesco Filelfo
Jeroen De Keyser is Research Fellow at the University of Leuven. W. Scott Blanchard is Professor of English at Misericordia University.
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