Pico Della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man - A New Translation and Commentary

Informationen zum Autor Francesco Borghesi teaches in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Sydney. Among his publications are Concordia, pietas, docta religio (2004) and the forthcoming Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (2012). Michael Papio is an Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Keen and Violent Remedies: Social Satire and the Grotesque in Masuccio Salernitano's Novellino (2000) and the translator of Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy (2009). Massimo Riva is a Professor of Italian Studies at Brown University, Rhode Island. He has also taught at the University of Sydney, Australia, Northwestern University, Illinois, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Italian Tales: An Anthology of Contemporary Italian Fiction (2004) and co-editor of Renato Poggioli: An Intellectual Life (2011). Klappentext A new translation of Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, with extensive notes and commentary. Zusammenfassung This is a new translation of and commentary on Pico della Mirandola's most famous work! the Oration on the Dignity of Man. It is the first English edition to provide readers with substantial notes on the text! essays that address the work's historical! philosophical and theological context! and a survey of its reception. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Preface, Introduction, Overview: 1. Preface: history of the project and criteria for the current edition M. Riva; 2. The historical and biographical background of the oration P. C. Bori; 3. Chronology F. Borghesi; 4. The Oration's printed editions M. Papio; 5. Interpretations F. Borghesi; 6. Overview; Part II. Text: 7. Latin text with facing English translation and commentary in the footnotes; Part III. Images: 8. Four images from the Palatine manuscript; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Pico Della Mirandola, Pico Della Mirandola
• Assisted by: Francesco Borghesi (Editor), Borghesi Francesco (Editor), Michael Papio (Editor), Riva Massimo (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781316606605
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60660-5
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History, HISTORY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, Italy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy