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Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici il Magnifico in Florence. His Silvae are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters.

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At once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace. -- William J. Kennedy * Renaissance Quarterly *

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    A Hardback by Angelo Poliziano, Charles Fantazzi

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/07/2004
      ISBN13: 9780674014800, 978-0674014800
      ISBN10: 0674014804

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      Book Synopsis
      Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici il Magnifico in Florence. His Silvae are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters.

      Trade Review
      At once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace. -- William J. Kennedy * Renaissance Quarterly *

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