"Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mortal life, and loving you so very much as I do, I have proposed to myself--as one who has been many places--to show you those places in life where, walking through them, I fear you could easily either fall or take the wrong direction." So begins Galateo, a treatise on polite behavior written by Giovanni Della Casa (1503-56) for the benefit of his nephew, a young Florentine destined for greatness. In the voice of a cranky yet...
"Since it is the case that you are now just beginning that journey that I have for the most part as you see completed, that is, the one through mor...
In der Buchreihe Deutsche Neudrucke werden Texte der Barockliteratur in originalgetreuen Nachdrucken zeitgenossischer Ausgaben wieder zuganglich gemacht. Den einzelnen Banden sind jeweils Register, Bibliographien und ein Nachwort zur Uberlieferung und geistesgeschichtlichen Stellung der Texte beigegeben.
In der Buchreihe Deutsche Neudrucke werden Texte der Barockliteratur in originalgetreuen Nachdrucken zeitgenossischer Ausgaben wieder zuga...
