Dialogues : Aegidius and Asinus by Giovanni Gioviano Pontano (2020, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674248465
ISBN-139780674248465
eBay Product ID (ePID)28038679763
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Book TitleDialogues : Aegidius and Asinus
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicEuropean / General, Europe / Renaissance, Movements / Humanism
GenreLiterary Criticism, Philosophy, History
AuthorGiovanni Gioviano Pontano
Book SeriesThe I Tatti Renaissance Library
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight17.6 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
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LCCN2012-007924
ReviewsVolume Two of the I Tatti edition of Pontano's five dialogues epitomizes the three volumes as a whole. The Latin text and editions are of the highest quality. The translation of the Actius , and the other dialogues, is eloquent and accurate. This accomplishment is particularly noteworthy because of the challenges present in these dialogues...It is truly masterful work.--Brian Maxson, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Series Volume Number92
Volume NumberVolume 3
SynopsisGiovanni 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., Dialogues, Volume 3 completes the I Tatti edition of Pontano's five surviving dialogues. It includes Aegidius --which covers topics such as creation, free will, and the immortality of the soul--and Asinus, a fantastical comedy about Pontano going mad and falling in love with an ass. This is the first translation of these dialogues into English.
LC Classification NumberPA8570.P5D53 2012
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