Invectives
Francesco Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch's four Invectives, written in Latin, were inspired by 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 as well as the dominance of French culture. They defend the value of literature and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. The new translations in this volume, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, include the first Engl…
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Weitere Autoren: Marsh, David (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-674-03088-6
- EAN: 9780674030886
- Produktnummer: 3732454
- Verlag: Harvard University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H13.9 cm x B20.3 cm x D1.7 cm 320 g
- Gewicht: 320
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
David Marsh is Professor of Italian at Rutgers University and the author of Lucian and the Latins: Humor and Humanism in the Early Renaissance.
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