Dialogues - Aegidius and Asinus

Dialogues, Volume 3 completes the I Tatti edition of Pontano's five surviving dialogues. It includes Aegidius--which covers topics such as creation, free will, and the immortality of the soul--and Asinus, a fantastical comedy about Pontano going mad and falling in love with an ass. This is the first translation of these dialogues into English.

About the author

Julia Haig Gaisser is Eugenia Chase Guild Professor Emeritus in the Humanities and Professor Emeritus of Latin at Bryn Mawr College.

Summary

Dialogues, Volume 3 completes the I Tatti edition of Pontano’s five surviving dialogues. It includes Aegidius—which covers topics such as creation, free will, and the immortality of the soul—and Asinus, a fantastical comedy about Pontano going mad and falling in love with an ass. This is the first translation of these dialogues into English.

Product details

• Authors: Giovanni Gioviano Pontano, Pontano Giovanni Gioviano
• Assisted by: Julia Haig Gaisser (Translation), Gaisser Julia Haig (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780674248465
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24846-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Europa, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, European History, Humanistische Philosophie, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, HISTORY / Renaissance, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Literary studies: general, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion