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9780452010130

The Italian Renaissance Reader

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  • ISBN13:

    9780452010130

  • ISBN10:

    0452010136

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1987-11-13
  • Publisher: Plume

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction ix
Francesco Petrarca
1(59)
``Letter to Posterity''
4(10)
``The Ascent of Mount Ventoux''
14(8)
Selected Poems from the Canzoniere
22(38)
Giovanni Boccaccio
60(104)
Stories from the Decameron
62(102)
Leon Battista Alberti
164(14)
Selections from the Book of the Family
166(12)
Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola
178(7)
Selections from the Oration on the Dignity of Man
180(5)
Leonardo Da Vinci
185(12)
Selections from the Notebooks
187(10)
Baldesar Castiglione
197(62)
Selections from the Book of the Courtier
199(60)
Niccolo Machiavelli
259(39)
Selections from The Prince
260(38)
Francesco Guicciardini
298(8)
Selections from the Ricordi
299(7)
Benvenuto Cellini
306(69)
Selections from Cellini's Life
308(67)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
375(7)
Selected Poems
377(5)
Giorgio Vasari
382(12)
Selections from Lives of the Most Famous Artists
384(10)
The Italian Renaissance: Further Readings
394

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