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Humanist Educational Treatises (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Craig Kallendorf
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Description for Humanist Educational Treatises (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Hardcover. This volume contains four of the most important theoretical statements that emerged from the early humanists' efforts to reform medieval education. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DN; HRCM; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 494.
The cycle of disciplines now known as the humanities emerged in their modern form during the Italian Renaissance as the result of an educational movement begun by humanist teachers, writers, and scholars of the early Quattrocento. The movement argued for the usefulness of classical literature as an instrument for training young men and women, not only in the arts of language and eloquence, but also in civic virtue and practical wisdom. This volume contains four of the most important theoretical statements that emerged from the early humanists' efforts to reform medieval education. The four texts are Pier Paolo Vergerio, Noble Behaviour ; Leonardo Bruni, On Literary Study ; Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (Pope Pius II), Educating Young Men ; and Battista Guarino, A Plan of Teaching and Learning .
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674007598
SKU
V9780674007598
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Ref
99-13
About Craig Kallendorf
Craig W. Kallendorf is Professor of Modern and Classical Languages at Texas A & M University and the author of Vergll and the Myth of Venice: Books and Readers in the Italian Renaissance.
Reviews for Humanist Educational Treatises (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
The Loeb Classical Library...has been of incalculable benefit to generations of scholars...It seems certain that the I Tatti Renaissance Library will serve a similar purpose for Renaissance Latin texts, and that, in addition to its obvious academic value, it will facilitate a broadening base of participation in Renaissance Studies...These books are to be lauded not only for their principles of inclusivity and accessibility, and for their rigorous scholarship, but also for their look and feel. Everything about them is attractive: the blue of their dust jackets and cloth covers, the restrained and elegant design, the clarity of the typesetting, the quality of the paper, and not least the sensible price. This is a new set of texts well worth collecting.
Kate Lowe Times Literary Supplement An aristocratic devotion to our culture continues to manifest itself even today in the most prestigious centers of study and thought. One has merely to look at the very recent (begun in 2001), rigorous and elegant humanistic series of Harvard University, with the original Latin text, English translation, introduction and notes.
Vittore Branca Il Sole 24 Ore A splendid collection of Humanist Educational Treatises, edited and translated with great precision by Craig Kallendorf, lets us watch some of the most influential humanist teachers at work.
Anthony T. Grafton New York Review of Books (10/05/2006)
Kate Lowe Times Literary Supplement An aristocratic devotion to our culture continues to manifest itself even today in the most prestigious centers of study and thought. One has merely to look at the very recent (begun in 2001), rigorous and elegant humanistic series of Harvard University, with the original Latin text, English translation, introduction and notes.
Vittore Branca Il Sole 24 Ore A splendid collection of Humanist Educational Treatises, edited and translated with great precision by Craig Kallendorf, lets us watch some of the most influential humanist teachers at work.
Anthony T. Grafton New York Review of Books (10/05/2006)