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The Italian Renaissance Reader

by Julia Co Bondanella

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A single volume introduction to the major writers of the Italian Renaissance—Petrarch, Boccaccio, Alberti, della Mirandola, da Vinci, Castiglione, Machiavelli, Buonarroti, Guicciardini, Cellini, and Vasari.

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About the Author

Mark Musa is a professor at the Center for Italian Studies at Indiana University. A former Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, Musa is the author of a highly acclaimed translation of Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Francesco Petrarca

"Letter to Posterity"

"The Ascent of Mount Ventoux"

Selected Poems from the Canzoniere

Giovanni Bocaccio

Stories from the Decameron

Leon Battista Alberti

Selections from The Book of the Family Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola

Selections from The Oration on the Dignity of Man

Leonardo da Vinci

Selections from the Notebooks

Baldesar Castiglione

Selections from The Book of the Courtier

Niccol&ograve; Machiavelli

Selections from The Prince

Francesco Guicciardini

Selections from the Ricordi

Benvenuto Cellini

Selections from Cellini's Life

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Selected Poems Giorgio Vasari

Selections from Lives of the Most Famous Artists

The Italian Renaissance: Further Readings

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780452010130
Editor:
Bondanella, Julia Conaway
Editor:
Musa, Mark
Editor:
Bondanella, Julia Conaway
Editor:
Musa, Mark
Author:
Bondanella, Julia Conaway
Author:
Musa, Mark
Publisher:
Plume Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
Italy
Subject:
Europe - General
Subject:
Renaissance
Subject:
Italian literature
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General-General
Copyright:
1987
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series Volume:
bk. 3
Publication Date:
19871131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
7.78x5.48x1.09 in. .80 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18
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