Author: Michael Smith
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711507077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
There are no assassin schools, no correspondence courses, no on-the-job training. It is not something one discusses in a career's interview. So, how exactly does one become an assassin? This lighthearted story presents one possible scenario. Set against the beautiful opulence of a Lake Como villa, we follow the story's hero as he stumbles into an unexpected career, with the help of an aging Contessa.
Trattatello. Life is a Story - story.one
Author: Michael Smith
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711507077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
There are no assassin schools, no correspondence courses, no on-the-job training. It is not something one discusses in a career's interview. So, how exactly does one become an assassin? This lighthearted story presents one possible scenario. Set against the beautiful opulence of a Lake Como villa, we follow the story's hero as he stumbles into an unexpected career, with the help of an aging Contessa.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3711507077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
There are no assassin schools, no correspondence courses, no on-the-job training. It is not something one discusses in a career's interview. So, how exactly does one become an assassin? This lighthearted story presents one possible scenario. Set against the beautiful opulence of a Lake Como villa, we follow the story's hero as he stumbles into an unexpected career, with the help of an aging Contessa.
The Cambridge Companion to Petrarch
Author: Albert Russell Ascoli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316409287
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–74), best known for his influential collection of Italian lyric poetry dedicated to his beloved Laura, was also a remarkable classical scholar, a deeply religious thinker and a philosopher of secular ethics. In this wide-ranging study, chapters by leading scholars view Petrarch's life through his works, from the epic Africa to the Letter to Posterity, from the Canzoniere to the vernacular epic Triumphi. Petrarch is revealed as the heir to the converging influences of classical cultural and medieval Christianity, but also to his great vernacular precursor, Dante, and his friend, collaborator and sly critic, Boccaccio. Particular attention is given to Petrach's profound influence on the Humanist movement and on the courtly cult of vernacular love poetry, while raising important questions as to the validity of the distinction between medieval and modern and what is lost in attempting to classify this elusive figure.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316409287
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304–74), best known for his influential collection of Italian lyric poetry dedicated to his beloved Laura, was also a remarkable classical scholar, a deeply religious thinker and a philosopher of secular ethics. In this wide-ranging study, chapters by leading scholars view Petrarch's life through his works, from the epic Africa to the Letter to Posterity, from the Canzoniere to the vernacular epic Triumphi. Petrarch is revealed as the heir to the converging influences of classical cultural and medieval Christianity, but also to his great vernacular precursor, Dante, and his friend, collaborator and sly critic, Boccaccio. Particular attention is given to Petrach's profound influence on the Humanist movement and on the courtly cult of vernacular love poetry, while raising important questions as to the validity of the distinction between medieval and modern and what is lost in attempting to classify this elusive figure.
Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy
Author: Marco Sgarbi
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3319141694
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 3618
Book Description
Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3319141694
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 3618
Book Description
Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO
Author: EDWARD. HUTTON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033082737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033082737
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Petrarch's Africa
Author: Francesco Petrarca
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300020625
Category : Poetry in Latin, ca 750-1350 English texts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780300020625
Category : Poetry in Latin, ca 750-1350 English texts
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Living Well in Renaissance Italy
Author: Timothy Kircher
Publisher: Mrts Arizona State University
ISBN: 9780866984713
Category : Aesthetics, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Mrts Arizona State University
ISBN: 9780866984713
Category : Aesthetics, Renaissance
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Stanze of Angelo Poliziano
Author:
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271044608
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271044608
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Life of Dante
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 071454616X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
"e;Life of Dante"e; brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio together with the historical analysis of leading humanist Leonardo Bruni. Their writings, along with the other sources included in this volume, provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his involvement in politics, scholastic enthusiasms and military experience, to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter, they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. Also included in this volume is a biography of Boccaccio, perhaps as great an influence on world literature as Dante himself.
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 071454616X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
"e;Life of Dante"e; brings together the earliest accounts of Dante available, putting the celebratory essay of literary genius Giovanni Boccaccio together with the historical analysis of leading humanist Leonardo Bruni. Their writings, along with the other sources included in this volume, provide a wealth of insight and information into Dante's unique character and life, from his susceptibility to the torments of passionate love, his involvement in politics, scholastic enthusiasms and military experience, to the stories behind the greatest heights of his poetic achievements.Not only are these accounts invaluable for their subject matter, they are also seminal examples of early biographical writing. Also included in this volume is a biography of Boccaccio, perhaps as great an influence on world literature as Dante himself.
L'Ameto
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429640501
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Originally published in 1985, this book contains a full translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's L'Ameto, alongside textual notes.Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his great collection of short stories, the Decameron, but his other literary accomplishments are generally less well-known. Yet he helped revive the Latin eclogue and epistle and fostered the study of Greek; he made the major Renaissance compilation of classical myths, established the pastoral romance, and began formal Dante criticism. Among his more minor works belongs the Ameto, the first moden pastoral romance, translated here.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429640501
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Originally published in 1985, this book contains a full translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's L'Ameto, alongside textual notes.Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his great collection of short stories, the Decameron, but his other literary accomplishments are generally less well-known. Yet he helped revive the Latin eclogue and epistle and fostered the study of Greek; he made the major Renaissance compilation of classical myths, established the pastoral romance, and began formal Dante criticism. Among his more minor works belongs the Ameto, the first moden pastoral romance, translated here.
Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802099750
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
In the fall of 1373, the city of Florence commissioned Giovanni Boccaccio to give lectures on Dante for the general population. These lectures, undeniably the most learned of all the early commentaries, came to be known as the Expositions on Dante's Divine Comedy. Though interrupted at Inferno XVII, they provide profound, near-contemporary interpretations of Dante's poem and contain, in many ways, some of the most beautiful aspects of Boccaccio's admirable literary production: narrative vignettes worthy of the best pages of the Decameron, insights on the rapidly changing approach to literary commentary, and a heartfelt belief that poetry is the most faithful guardian of history, philosophy, and theology. Michael Papio's excellent translation finally makes the entirety of Boccaccio's often overlooked masterpiece accessible to a wider public and supplies a wealth of information in the introduction and notes that will prove useful to specialists and general readers alike.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 0802099750
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
In the fall of 1373, the city of Florence commissioned Giovanni Boccaccio to give lectures on Dante for the general population. These lectures, undeniably the most learned of all the early commentaries, came to be known as the Expositions on Dante's Divine Comedy. Though interrupted at Inferno XVII, they provide profound, near-contemporary interpretations of Dante's poem and contain, in many ways, some of the most beautiful aspects of Boccaccio's admirable literary production: narrative vignettes worthy of the best pages of the Decameron, insights on the rapidly changing approach to literary commentary, and a heartfelt belief that poetry is the most faithful guardian of history, philosophy, and theology. Michael Papio's excellent translation finally makes the entirety of Boccaccio's often overlooked masterpiece accessible to a wider public and supplies a wealth of information in the introduction and notes that will prove useful to specialists and general readers alike.