The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Penguin Classics) 9781101491492, 1101491493

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of

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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Penguin Classics)
9781101491492, 1101491493

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of

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A historical adventure reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley romances, Cooper’s novel centers on Harvey Birch, a co

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Building the Canon through the Classics. Imitation and Variation in Renaissance Italy (1350-1580) explores the multiple

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Sperone Speroni, Ludovico Castelvetro, Francesco Patrizi, Giacopo Mazzoni, Torquato Tasso, and Paolo Beni emerge as lite

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One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world, Plautus (c.254-184 BC), skilfully adapted classic Greek comic model

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In these impressions of the Italian countryside, Lawrence transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty.

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Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens'

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