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Dialogues, Volume 3 (Hardcover)
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Dialogues, Volume 3 (Hardcover)
Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
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Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (1429–1503) served five kings of Naples
as a courtier, official, and diplomat, and earned even greater fame
as a scholar, prose author, and poet. His Dialogues reflect his
diverse interests in religion, philosophy, and literature, as well
as in everyday life in fifteenth-century Naples. They are
especially important for their vivid picture of the contemporary
gatherings of Pontano and his friends in the humanist academy over
which he presided from around 1471 until shortly before his death.
This volume completes the I Tatti edition of Pontano’s five
surviving dialogues and features both Aegidius and Asinus. The
conversation in Aegidius, named for the Augustinian theologian
Giles of Viterbo, ranges over various topics, including creation,
dreams, free will, the immortality of the soul, the relation
between heaven and earth, language, astrology, and mysticism. The
Asinus is less a dialogue than a fantastical autobiographical
comedy in which Pontano himself is represented as having gone mad
and fallen in love with an ass. This is the first translation of
these dialogues into English.
General
Imprint: |
Harvard University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
The I Tatti Renaissance Library |
Release date: |
September 2020 |
Authors: |
Giovanni Gioviano Pontano
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Translators: |
Julia Haig Gaisser
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-24846-5 |
Subtitles: |
Latin
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-674-24846-5 |
Barcode: |
9780674248465 |
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