{"product_id":"writings-on-the-sober-life-9781442645097","title":"Writings on the Sober Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvise Cornaro (c.1484–1566) was the son of a Paduan innkeeper with presumed ties to the patrician Cornaro family of Venice. Highly ambitious, he acquired a name for himself as a businessman, architect, and patron of the arts. Critically ill around age 40 – likely with diabetes and gout – he resolved to abandon his intemperate lifestyle. The strict rules regarding food and drink that he adopted and which led to his recovery are outlined in his most famous treatise, the \u003cem\u003eVita Sobria\u003c\/em\u003e (1558). The work, which featured prescriptions for living to 100 years – stressing healthy lifestyle, proper diet, and avoidance of excess –became an international success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition offers the most comprehensive and faithful version of this early modern classic ever available in English, and includes Cornaro’s \u003cem\u003eAggionta\u003c\/em\u003e (“Addition”), translated here for the first time. An introductory essay by the late Marisa Milani offers biographi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The volume provides a useful service by making these materials available in English.' -- Linda L. Carroll Renaissance Quarterly vol 68:04:2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on the Translation  'Introduction' by Marisa Milani  Letter to Bishop Musso by Bernardino Tomitano  Cornaro's Treatise on the Sober Life   Addition to the Sober Life   Brief Compendium  Letter to Daniele Barbaro  Loving Exhortation   Glossary  Notes to Cornaro (pp.1-64)   Eulogy  Sperone Speroni: Letter Against Sobriety  Sperone Speroni: Letter In Favour of the Sober Life  Selected Letters  Letter by Alvise Giacomo Cornaro Piscopia  Notes on the Texts (pp. 81-127)  Essay by Marisa Milani:  'How to Attain Immortality Living One Hundred Years,  Or the Fortune of the Vita Sobria in the Anglo-Saxon World'  Notes to Essay 'Immortality...'  Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408367624535,"sku":"9781442645097","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442645097.jpg?v=1730502635","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writings-on-the-sober-life-9781442645097","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}