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Giovanni Pontano, the dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, wrote two brilliantly original poetical cycles. On Married Love is the first sustained exploration of married love in first-person poetry. Eridanus combines familiar motifs of courtly love with an allusive matrix of classical ele…
On Married Love. Eridanus
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416 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2014
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Summary
Giovanni Pontano (1429–1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Kings of Aragon and southern Italy. The dominant literary figure of quattrocento Naples, Pontano produced literary works in several genres and was the leader of the Neapolitan academy. Among his large poetic output are the two brilliantly original poetical cycles that comprise the present volume. On Marr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674728660 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674728661 |
| Author: | Giovanni Gioviano Pontano, Luke Roman |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Series: | The I Tatti Renaissance Library |
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Giovanni Gioviano Pontano
Luke Roman is Professor of Classics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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