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Biographical Writings (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Gianozzo Manetti
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Description for Biographical Writings (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
Hardcover. Brings together Manetti's famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. Translator(s): Baldassarri, Stefano U.; Bagemihl, Rolf. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
The Renaissance recovery of ancient biographical writers such as Plutarch, Suetonius and Jerome led to a wave of imitations by Renaissance authors from Petrarch to Machiavelli. The orator, diplomat and statesman Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459), an expert in Greek and Hebrew as well as Latin, was among the leading humanist biographers of the Renaissance. This collection brings together his famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. It also includes ... Read more
The Renaissance recovery of ancient biographical writers such as Plutarch, Suetonius and Jerome led to a wave of imitations by Renaissance authors from Petrarch to Machiavelli. The orator, diplomat and statesman Giannozzo Manetti (1396-1459), an expert in Greek and Hebrew as well as Latin, was among the leading humanist biographers of the Renaissance. This collection brings together his famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. It also includes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Series
The I Tatti Renaissance Library
Condition
New
Weight
470g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674011342
SKU
V9780674011342
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About Gianozzo Manetti
STEFANO U. BALDASSARRI is Assistant Professor at Georgetown University's Villa le Balze. ROLF BAGEMIHL is Lecturer at Arcadia University in Florence.
Reviews for Biographical Writings (I Tatti Renaissance Library)
The I Tatti Renaissance Library James Hankins, General Editor The Lolb Classical Library. Has Been Of Incaiculable Benifit To Generations Of Scholars. It Seems Certain That The I Tatti Renaissance Library Will Serve A Similar Purpose For Renaissance Latin Texts, And That, In Addition Toits Obvious Academic Value, It Will Facilitale A Broadining Base Of Participation In Renaissance Studies. ... Read more