... Poliziano re- garded the diffusion of his writings before they appeared in print . That theme recurs frequently in Miscellanea 1 , and provides a key to under- standing the character and function of the work . Before sending it to press ...

... Poliziano's Miscellanea - which comments upon a giv- en classical text by citing its sources , models , and parallel passages in ancient literature is built into his poetic method.10 When Poliziano draws a poetic figure such as the ...

This volume illuminates his close friendship with Pico della Mirandola and includes much of the correspondence about the composition and reception of his Miscellanies, a revolutionary work of philology.

This volume offers the first English translation, an edition of the Latin text, and four studies that set this rich example of humanist Latin writing in context. Brill's Texts and Sources in Intellectual History, vol. 7.

... Poliziano , Op . ed . Maïer = Angelus Politianus , Opera omnia . A cura di I. Maïer , Torino 1970-1 . Poliziano , Le Selve e la Strega ed . Del Lungo = Angelo Poliziano , Le Selve e la Strega . Prolusioni nello Studio fiorentino ( 1482 ...

... Poliziano actually wanted it to or not - and I would think he did - knowledge of his Fabula d'Orfeo must have spread rapidly , if it began so soon to serve as a model for some of the hybrid dramas , two of which are elaborations of it ...

They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his ...

The first of a two-volume anthology containing new translations of important works on moral philosophy written during the Renaissance.

He solves these with his characteristic deep learning and brash criticism. The two volumes presented here are the first translation of both collection into any modern language