Christiad - Marco Girolamo Vida

Informationen zum Autor James Gardner is a writer and art critic who lives in New York City. Klappentext Marco Girolamo Vida (1485-1566), humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. It was Leo who commissioned his famous epic, the "Christiad, " a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, which was eventually published in 1535. It was by far the most popular Christian epic of the Renaissance, appearing in almost forty editions before 1600. It was translated into many languages, including Croatian and Armenian, and was widely imitated by vernacular poets such as Abraham Cowley and John Milton. This translation, accompanied by extensive notes, is based on a new edition of the Latin text. Zusammenfassung Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566), humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. Leo commissioned this famous epic, a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, which was published in 1535. This translation, accompanied by extensive notes, is based on a new edition of the Latin text.

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• Authors: James Gardner, Marco Girolamo Vida
• Assisted by: James Gardner (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2009
• EAN: 9780674034082
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03408-2
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library; The I Tatti Renaissance Library; Tatti Renaissance Library (HUP) CONTINS PASS TO - [e-mail]
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets