Title Italy and the classical tradition : language, thought and poetry 1300-1600 / edited by Carlo Caruso & Andrew Laird

Published London : Duckworth, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations Contents The classical languages and Italian : some questions of grammar and rhetoric / Guilio Lepschy -- 'Itali dicunt ozie' : describing non-standard and low-register speech in Latin / Philip Burton -- 'Utriusque linguae peritus' : how did one learn Greek and acquire the texts? / Nigel Wilson -- Alberti and the classical canon / Martin McLaughlin -- Plutarch's Camma : a Greek literary heroine's adventures in Renaissance Italy / Letizia Panizza -- Italy, France and the classical tradition : the origins of philological commentary on Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics / Jill Kraye -- 'Unicuique suum' : observations on Dante as reader of classical authors / Claudia Villa -- Petrarch's diploma of crowning : the Privilegium laureationis / Jonathan Usher -- Putting Italian Renaissance lyric in order : Petrarch's Canzoniere and the Latin Liber carminum / Stefano Carrai -- A Roman dialogue with Virgil and Homer : Capilupi, the Cento and Rome / George Hugo Tucker Summary Italy's original fascination with its cultural origins in Greece and Rome first created what is now known as 'the Classical tradition' - the pervasive influence of ancient art and thought on later times. In response to a growing interest in Classical reception, this volume provides a timely reappraisal of the Greek and Roman legacies in Italian literary history. There are fresh insights on the early study of Greek and Latin texts in post-classical Italy and reassessments of the significance attached to ancient authors and ideas in the Renaissance, as well as some innovative interpretations of Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Classical literature -- Appreciation -- Italy Humanism -- Italy Italian literature -- 15th century -- Classical influences HISTORY -- Europe -- Italy. Civilization -- Classical influences Classical literature -- Appreciation Humanism Intellectual life Italian literature -- Classical influences SUBJECT Italy -- Civilization -- Classical influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2020008187 Italy -- Intellectual life -- 1268-1559. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068989 Subject Italy Form Electronic book Author Caruso, Carlo Laird, Andrew, Dr ISBN 9781472521378 1472521374

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