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The Latin Eclogues
Giovanni Boccaccio
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Description for The Latin Eclogues
Hardback. The availability of The Latin Eclogues in English is a major contribution to the study of the literature and history of the Italian Renaissance. Translator(s): Slavitt, David. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 317.
Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his masterpiece The Decameron, but his Latin Eclogues are relatively unknown. David R. Slavitt's English translation makes these important pieces accessible to a new audience of readers. Elegant and engaging, these pastoral poems address the great issues of Boccaccio's Italy, including the political and military intrigues of the day. Boccaccio modeled his poems on Petrarch's eclogues and, before him, those of Virgil and Theocritus. Slavitt's impeccable translations are highly readable, while his editorial interjections both elucidate the poet's intended meaning and frame the poems for the reader. These charming works offer wonderful insight ... Read more
Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his masterpiece The Decameron, but his Latin Eclogues are relatively unknown. David R. Slavitt's English translation makes these important pieces accessible to a new audience of readers. Elegant and engaging, these pastoral poems address the great issues of Boccaccio's Italy, including the political and military intrigues of the day. Boccaccio modeled his poems on Petrarch's eclogues and, before him, those of Virgil and Theocritus. Slavitt's impeccable translations are highly readable, while his editorial interjections both elucidate the poet's intended meaning and frame the poems for the reader. These charming works offer wonderful insight ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801895623
SKU
V9780801895623
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About Giovanni Boccaccio
David R. Slavitt-poet, novelist, critic, and journalist-has published more than fifty books. His translations include the Metamorphoses of Ovid; The Fables of Avianus; The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil; The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation; and Seneca: The Tragedies, all published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for The Latin Eclogues
Pastoral poems that reflect both the great issues, including the political and military intrigues, of Renaissance Italy, and the era's day-to-day life... A fluid and accessible translation. Toronto Globe and Mail 2010 A welcome opportunity for new audiences to discover an obscure yet arguably more emblematic side to the author.
Cristina Rios TLS 2010
Cristina Rios TLS 2010