Dialogues / Giovanni Gioviano Pontano ; edited and translated by Julia Haig Gaisser.
"Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Po...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Latin |
| Published: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2012-2020. |
| Series: | I Tatti Renaissance library ;
53. I Tatti Renaissance library ; 91-92. |
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| Genre: | Dialogues (literature) |
| Summary: | "Giovanni Pontano (1426-1503), whose academic name was Gioviano, was the most important Latin poet of the fifteenth century as well as a leading statesman who served as prime minister to the Aragonese kings of Naples. His Dialogues are our best source for the humanist academy of Naples which Pontano led for several decades. They provide a vivid picture of literary life in the capital of the Aragonese seaborne empire, based in southern Italy and the Western Mediterranean."--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | 3 volumes ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780674054912 (v. 1) 0674054911 (v. 1) 9780674237186 (v. 2) 0674237188 (v. 2) 9780674248465 (v. 3) 0674248465 (v. 3) |
| Language: | Texts in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction in English. |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |