Description
Book SynopsisFirst published in Rome in 1535, Leone Ebreo''s Dialogues of Love is one of the most important texts of the European Renaissance. Well known in the Italian academies of the sixteenth century, its popularity quickly spread throughout Europe, with numerous reprintings and translations into French, Latin Spanish, and Hebrew. It attracted a diverse audience that included noblemen, courtesans, artists, poets, intellectuals, and philosophers. More than just a bestseller, the work exerted a deep influence over the centuries on figures as diverse as Giordano Bruno, John Donne, Miguelde Cervantes, and Baruch Spinoza.
Leone''s Dialogues consists of three conversations - ''On Love and Desire,'' ''On the Universality of Love,'' and ''Onthe Origin of Love'' - that take place over a period of three subsequent days.They are organized in a dialogic format, much like a theatrical representation, of a conversation between a man, Philo, who plays the role of the lover andteach
Table of Contents
Foreword Brian P. Covenhaver Introduction: The Dialogues of Love of Leone Ebreo Rossella Pescatori DIALOGUES OF LOVE 1 On Love and Desire 2 On the Universality of Love 3 On the Origin of Love Afterword: The Dialogues of Love in Spanish Cosmos Damian Bacich Notes Preinted Editions and Translations of the Dialoghi d'amore Bibliography Index of Biblical and Mythological-Astrological Names Index of Names and Works
