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Humanist Tragedies
Gary R. Grund
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Description for Humanist Tragedies
Hardback. Humanist Tragedies offers a sampling of Latin drama from the Tre- and Quattrocento. These five tragedies--Ecerinis, Achilleis, Progne, Hyempsal, and Fernandus servatus--were nourished by a potent amalgam of classical, medieval, and pre-humanist sources. Humanist tragedy testifies to momentous changes in literary conventions during the Renaissance. Translator(s): Grund, Gary R. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 494.
Humanist Tragedies , like its companion volume Humanist Comedies (ITRL 19), contains a representative sampling of Latin drama written during the Tre- and Quattrocento. The five tragedies included in this volume - Albertino Mussato's Ecerinis (1314), Antonio Loschi's Achilleis (ca. 1387), Gregorio Corraro's Progne (ca. 1429), Leonardo Dati's Hyempsal (ca. 1442), and Marcellino Verardi's Fernandus servatus (1493) - were nourished by a potent amalgam of classical, medieval, and pre-humanist sources. Just as Latin humanist comedy depended heavily upon Plautus and Terence, humanist tragedy drew its inspiration primarily from ... Read more
Humanist Tragedies , like its companion volume Humanist Comedies (ITRL 19), contains a representative sampling of Latin drama written during the Tre- and Quattrocento. The five tragedies included in this volume - Albertino Mussato's Ecerinis (1314), Antonio Loschi's Achilleis (ca. 1387), Gregorio Corraro's Progne (ca. 1429), Leonardo Dati's Hyempsal (ca. 1442), and Marcellino Verardi's Fernandus servatus (1493) - were nourished by a potent amalgam of classical, medieval, and pre-humanist sources. Just as Latin humanist comedy depended heavily upon Plautus and Terence, humanist tragedy drew its inspiration primarily from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
494g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674057258
SKU
V9780674057258
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About Gary R. Grund
Gary R. Grund is Professor of English Literature, Rhode Island College.
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