Sperone Speroni and the Debate Over Sophistry in the Italian Renaissance

The first study of the rebirth of ancient sophists in Speroni (1500-1588) and the early-modern Italian literature, from Leonardo Bruni to Jacopo Mazzoni.

About the author

Teodoro Katinis, Ph.D. (2015) Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. (2004) Roma Tre University, is Research Professor of Italian Literature (Department of Literary Studies, Ghent University) and Marie Curie Alumnus. He has published one monograph and several articles on Renaissance authors.

Product details

• Authors: Teodoro Katinis
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2017
• EAN: 9789004344303
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34430-3
• No. of pages: 186
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 239 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day