Silvae (I Tatti Renaissance Library)

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Author: Angelo Poliziano

ISBN-10: 0674014804

ISBN-13: 9780674014800

Category: General & Miscellaneous Ancient Poetry

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin...

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Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his contemporaries writing in Italian.William J. Kennedy - Renaissance QuarterlyAt once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace.

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\ Renaissance QuarterlyAt once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace.\ — William J. Kennedy\ \ \