Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), scholar and critic, was one of the most admired Latinists of his day. After some years at the court of Urbino, where he exchanged Platonic love letters with Lucrezia Borgia, he moved to Rome and served as secretary to Leo X (1513-1520). Later he retired to Padua and a life of letters. He was made a cardinal in 1539. The poems in this volume come from all periods of his life and reflect both his erudition and his wide-ranging friendships. This verse edition is the first time they have been translated into English.
This volume also includes the prose dialogue...
Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), scholar and critic, was one of the most admired Latinists of his day. After some years at the court of Urbino, where he e...
Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was widely admired for his writings in Italian as well. His early dialogue on the subject of love greatly influenced the development of the literary vernacular, as did his Prose della volgar lingua (1525). From 1513 to 1521 he served Pope Leo X as Latin secretary and became known as the leading advocate of Ciceronian Latin in Europe and of the Tuscan dialect within Italy. He was named official historian of Venice in 1529 and began to compose...
Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), a Venetian nobleman, later a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was the most celebrated Latin stylist of his day and was...
Libro puo avere numerosi errori di battitura, testo mancante, le immagini, o di un indice. Gli acquirenti possono scaricare gratuitamente una copia digitalizzata del libro originale (senza errori di battitura) da parte dell'editore. 1808. Non illustrato. Estratto: ... DI M. PIETRO BEMBO Ne' Quali Si Ragiona D'amore LIBRO SECONDO. ARG OMENTO. Introduce Gismondo a rispondere a tutte l'opposizioni fatte da Perottino contra Amore, ed a confutarle; dove con molti singolari concelti e vivi tratti di dottrina, e di spiritoso intelletto loda Amore', e racconta i frutti e le dolcezze che da esso si...
Libro puo avere numerosi errori di battitura, testo mancante, le immagini, o di un indice. Gli acquirenti possono scaricare gratuitamente una copia di...
