Angelo Poliziano's Lamia : text, translation, and introductory studies

Poliziano, Angelo 1454-1494 (Author). Celenza, Christopher S., 1967- (Added Author).

Summary: In 1492, Angelo Poliziano published his Lamia, a praelectio, or opening oration to a course he would teach that academic year on Aristotles Prior Analytics at the Florentine university. Having heard murmurings that he was not philosopher enough to teach the Aristotelian text, Poliziano strikes back, offering in effect a fable-tinted history of philosophy even as he strikes back at his presumed detractors. More than a repudiation of local gossip, the text, framed by fables, represents a rethinking of the mission of philosophy. This volume offers the first English translation, an edition of the.

Record details

ISBN: 9781282952836
ISBN: 1282952838
ISBN: 900418595X
ISBN: 9789004185951
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 272 pages)
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Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-267) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface; Abbreviations; Poliziano's Lamia in Context; On the Shoulders of Grammatica: John of Salisbury's Metalogicon and Poliziano's Lamia; The Role of the Philosopher in Late Quattrocento Florence: Poliziano's Lamia and the Legacy of the Pico-Barbaro Epistolary Controversy; Angelo Poliziano's Lamia: Neoplatonic Commentaries and the Plotinian Dichotomy Between the Philologist and the Philosopher; Angelo Poliziano, Lamia: Latin Text with Parallel English Translation; Bibliography; Index of Names and Places.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English and Latin; editorial matter in English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.