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Invectives (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) | 
 enlarge | Author: Francesco Petrarca
Creator: David Marsh
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Sales Rank: 791527
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0674030885
Dewey Decimal Number: 874.01
EAN: 9780674030886
ASIN: 0674030885
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Francesco Petrarca, one of the greatest of Italian poets, was also the leading spirit in the Renaissance movement to revive ancient Roman language and literature. Petrarch’s four Invectives, written in Latin, were inspired by the eloquence of the great Roman orator Cicero. The Invectives are directed against the cultural idols of the Middle Ages?against scholastic philosophy and medicine as well as the dominance of French culture. They defend the value of literature and provide a clear statement of the values of Renaissance humanism. The new translations in this volume, commissioned for the I Tatti Renaissance Library, include the first English translation of three of the four invectives.
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