Pico della Mirandola: Oration on the Dignity of Man: A New Translation and Commentary
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1316606600
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print length: 318 pages
Publication date: September 15, 2016
ISBN-13: 978-1316606605
Edition: Translation
subtitle: Translation Edition
author: Pico della Mirandola Francesco Borghesi Michael Papio Massimo Riva
review: Editorial Reviews Review "Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Oratio is arguably the best-known text of Renaissance philosophy.... an impressive collection that includes several substantive essays, a Latin text with an excellent facing-page English translation, a critical overview of the text, and a detailed footnote commentary.... This volume is a model of collaborative scholarship and constitutes a major contribution to the study of the work of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola. In meticulous detail, it explores the many sources at Pico’s disposal.... the volume presents a highly consistent and extremely valuable commentary on Pico’s best-known text." --M. V. Dougherty, Ohio Dominican University, Renaissance Quarterly Book Description A new translation of Pico della Mirandola's most famous work, with extensive notes and commentary. About the Author Francesco Borghesi teaches in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Sydney. Among his publications are Concordia, pietas, docta religio (2004) and the forthcoming Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (2012). Michael Papio is an Associate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Keen and Violent Remedies: Social Satire and the Grotesque in Masuccio Salernitano's Novellino (2000) and the translator of Boccaccio's Expositions on Dante's Comedy (2009). Massimo Riva is a Professor of Italian Studies at Brown University, Rhode Island. He has also taught at the University of Sydney, Australia, Northwestern University, Illinois, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is the author of Italian Tales: An Anthology of Contemporary Italian Fiction (2004) and co-editor of Renato Poggioli: An Intellectual Life (2011). Read more