Letters [Latin]

by Angelo Poliziano and Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano

Book Overview

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Italian Renaissance and the leading literary figure of the Age of Lorenzo de' Medici, "il Magnifico." His correspondence gives us an intimate glimpse of the revival of classical literature from the pen of a man at the very center of the Renaissance movement. This volume illuminates his close friendship with the philosopher Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Latin
• ISBN: 0674021967
• ISBN13: 9780674021969
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.4"