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Dialogues, Volume 1 (Hardcover, New)
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Dialogues, Volume 1 (Hardcover, New)
Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
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Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was
the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a
leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese
kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist
academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. They
provide a vivid picture of literary life in the capital of the
Aragonese seaborne empire, based in southern Italy and the Western
Mediterranean. This first volume contains the two earliest of
Pontano's five dialogues. Charon, set in the underworld of
classical mythology, illustrates humanist attitudes to a wide range
of topics, satirizing the follies and superstitions of humanity.
Antonius, a Menippean satire named for the founder of the
Neapolitan Academy, Antonio Beccadelli, is set in the Portico
Antoniano in downtown Naples, where the academicians commemorate
and emulate their recently-deceased leader, conversing on favorite
topics and stopping from time to time to interrogate passersby.
This volume contains a freshly-edited Latin text of these dialogues
and the first translation of them into English.
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