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245 04 $aThe Italian Renaissance :$bthe essential sources /$cedited by Kenneth Gouwens.
260 $aMalden, Mass. :$bBlackwell Publishing,$c2004.
300 $axi, 295 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"This reader has been designed to accompany the collection of scholarly essays edited by Paula Findlen, The Italian Renaissance: essential readings (Blackwell, 2002)"--P. 1.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aThese primary sources open a window onto the ways that women and men in Renaissance Italy sought to communicate their beliefs, desires, fears, and hopes, both about their own lives and about the dynamic culture they helped to shape. An ideal complement to Paula Findlen's 'The Italian Renaissance : Essential Readings' (Blackwell Publishing, 2002). Includes canonical texts alongside newly available ones that give fresh perspectives. Selections address topical issues, such as the family strategies of women, attitudes towards non-Italians, and women as patrons of art. Genres represented include correspondence, poetry, the story, dialogue, oratory, and autobiography. Brings the teaching of the Italian Renaissance to life, showing how citizens communicated about their beliefs, desires, fears, and hopes.
505 0 $aPart I: Introductory readings. Inferno, cantos 1, 26 / Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) ; The ascent of Mont Ventoux, Two letters to Cicero, Il canzoniere, poems ,1-5, 30, 189, 272, 365 / Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374) ; Life of Petrarch / Leonardo Bruni (ca. 1370-1444) -- Part II: Limits of intra-Italian statecraft. Commentaries VIII / Pope Pius II (Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, 1405-1464) ; The Prince, dedicatory letter and chapters 7, 15, 17-18, 25-6 / Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527) -- Part III: Urban life and values. Decameron II, 5 (story of Andreuccio) / Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) ; Selected letters / Alessandra Macinghi Strozzi (1407-1471) ; Two letters between Machiavelli and Vettori / Francesco Vettori (1474-1539) -- Part IV: Gender and society. Decameron X, 10 (story of Griselda) / Boccaccio ; On Wifely Duties, preface; II, 1, 3-5, 9 / Francesco Barbara (1390-1454) -- Part V: The power of knowledge. On the donation of Constantine / Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457) ; Three Books on life I, 7; II, 10-13 / Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) ; Two "familiar" letters / Laura Cereta (1469-1499) ; An oration concerning the sack of Rome / Pietro Alcionio (ca. 1490-1528) -- Part VI: Patronage, art and culture. Selected letters on collecting art / Isabella d'Este (1474-1539) ; Autobiography I, 34-9 / Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) -- Part VIII: The end of the Renaissance. Book of the courtier IV, 4-26 / Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529) ; On the ill fortune of learned men I, 1-14 / Pierio Valeriano (1477-1558).
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