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Poetic Works
Bernardus Silvestris
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Description for Poetic Works
Hardback. Having studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, Bernardus Silvestris became a renowned teacher of literary and poetic composition. His versatility as scholar, philosopher, and scientist is apparent in this collection, particularly his masterpiece the Cosmographia, which has been compared to the poetry of Lucretius and Giordano Bruno. Num Pages: 377 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 29. Weight in Grams: 500.
Bernardus Silvestris exemplifies the scholastic culture of his time. Having studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, he became a renowned teacher of literary and poetic composition. His versatility as scholar, philosopher, and scientist is apparent in his masterpiece, the Cosmographia. In alternating verse and prose, this foundational text for later Latin and vernacular literature synthesizes important intellectual movements of the early twelfth century. It owes its deepest debt to the tradition of philosophical allegory, including Plato's Timaeus, Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, and the prosimetra of Martianus Capella and Boethius. Bernardus also displays a masterly awareness of classical Latin poetry. Though ... Read more
Bernardus Silvestris exemplifies the scholastic culture of his time. Having studied with pioneers in philosophy and science, he became a renowned teacher of literary and poetic composition. His versatility as scholar, philosopher, and scientist is apparent in his masterpiece, the Cosmographia. In alternating verse and prose, this foundational text for later Latin and vernacular literature synthesizes important intellectual movements of the early twelfth century. It owes its deepest debt to the tradition of philosophical allegory, including Plato's Timaeus, Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, and the prosimetra of Martianus Capella and Boethius. Bernardus also displays a masterly awareness of classical Latin poetry. Though ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
500g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674743786
SKU
V9780674743786
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About Bernardus Silvestris
Winthrop Wetherbee is Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at Cornell University.
Reviews for Poetic Works
This most welcome volume makes a significant contribution to the study of 12th-century cosmological Latin literature... The translation of the Cosmographia in particular is fluid and lucid, and this comparative format makes a historically influential but famously difficult medieval allegorical Latin text accessible to a broad readership.
J. S. Louzonis Choice (09/01/2015)
J. S. Louzonis Choice (09/01/2015)