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.
Edited by:
Julia Conaway Bondanella, Mark Musa, Mark Musa Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 202mm,
Width: 133mm,
Spine: 26mm
Weight: 329g ISBN:9780452010130 ISBN 10: 0452010136 Pages: 407 Publication Date:13 November 1987 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
"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 FamilyGiovanni 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 Niccolò Machiavelli Selections from The Prince Francesco Guicciardini Selections from the Ricordi Benvenuto Cellini Selections from Cellini's Life Michelangelo Buonarroti Selected PoemsGiorgio Vasari Selections from Lives of the Most Famous Artists The Italian Renaissance: Further Readings"
