Selected Letters, Volume 1

Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive the cultural and moral excellence of ancient Greece and Rome. This two-volume set contains an ample, representative sample from his enormous and fascinating correspondence with all the leading figures of his day.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Elaine Fantham was Giger Professor of Latin, Emerita, at Princeton University, and a former president of the American Philological Association.

Zusammenfassung

Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive the cultural and moral excellence of ancient Greece and Rome. This two-volume set contains an ample, representative sample from his enormous and fascinating correspondence with all the leading figures of his day.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Francesco Petrarca, Francesco/ Fantham Petrarca, Professor Francesco Petrarca, Petrarca Francesco
• Mitarbeit: Elaine Fantham (Übersetzung), Elaine (Formerly at Princeton University USA) Fantham (Übersetzung), Elaine (Princeton University) Fantham (Übersetzung), Former Giger Professor of Latin Elaine (Princeton University) Fantham (Übersetzung), Fantham Elaine (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780674058347
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05834-7
• Seiten: 800
• Abmessung: 145 mm x 210 mm x 40 mm
• Serien: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP); Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; Europe, European History, Diaries, letters & journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Anthologies: general, Diaries, letters and journals, Anthologies (non-poetry), European history: Renaissance, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance