Francesco Petrarca: Invectives - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0674011546 ISBN 13: 9780674011540

Casa editrice: Harvard Univ Pr, 2004

Riassunto

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Just as Petrarch's Latin epic Africa imitated Virgil and his compendium On Illustrious Men was inspired by Livy, so Petrarch's four Invectives were intended to revive the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine and the dominance of French culture in general. They defend the value of literary culture against obscurantism and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. This volume provides a new critical edition of the Latin text based on the two autograph copies, and the first English translation of three of the four invectives.

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• Editore: Harvard Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0674011546
• ISBN 13: 9780674011540
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 576
• Redattore: Marsh David