Invectives

Informationen zum Autor David Marsh is Professor of Italian at Rutgers University and an expert on the Italian Renaissance. He has published broadly on Renaissance humanism and the classical tradition and has translated seminal texts by important early-modern authors including Petrarch, Alberti, Leonardo da Vinci, and Vico. Klappentext Francesco Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch's four Invectives, written in Latin, were inspired by the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The "Invectives" are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages--against scholastic philosophy and medicine as well as the dominance of French culture. They defend the value of literature and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. The new translations in this volume, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, include the first English translation of three of the four invectives. Zusammenfassung Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch’s four Invectives, written in Latin, were inspired by the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The new translations in this volume include the first English translation of three of the four invectives.

Product details

• Authors: Francesco Petrarca, Francesco/ Marsh Petrarca, Petrarca Francesco
• Assisted by: David Marsh (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2008
• EAN: 9780674030886
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03088-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 19 mm
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; I Tatti Renaissance Library (U; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]; I Tatti Renaissance Library (U
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; European History, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), Italy, CE period up to c 1500, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Poetry anthologies (various poets), European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval