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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…

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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
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
About The Author

Giovanni Gioviano Pontano

Luke Roman is Professor of Classics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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