Lucian and the Latins : humor and humanism in the early Renaissance / David Marsh

Author:: Marsh, David, 1950 September 25-
Published:: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]
Copyright Date:: ©1998
Physical Description:: xii, 232 pages ; 24 cm.

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Recentiores : later Latin texts and contexts

Contents:

Timeline of works discussed -- Lucian in the quattrocento -- The dialogue of the dead -- The dialogue of the gods 1: the scene in heaven -- The dialogue of the gods 2: the scene on earth -- The paradoxical encomium -- The fantastic voyage -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subject(s):

Lucian, of Samosata—Criticism and interpretation—History
Lucian, of Samosata—Translations—History and criticism
Lucian, of Samosata—Influence
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Greek influences
Greek wit and humor—Appreciation—Italy
Dialogues, Greek—Appreciation—Italy
Satire, Greek—Appreciation—Italy
Humanists—Italy
Renaissance

ISBN:

0472108468 (acid-free paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.

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