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Jacopo Sannazaro (1456?1530), considered by some authorities the finest Neo-Latin poet of the Italian Renaissance, spent most of his career in Naples, where he was a member and ultimately the head of the Accademia Pontaniana. He is most famous for having written, in Italian, the first pastoral romance in European literature, the Arcadia (1504). But after this early work, Sannazaro devoted himself entirely to Latin poetry modeled on his beloved Virgil. In addition to his epic The Virgin Birth (1526), which earned him the title of ?the Christian Virgil,? he also composed Piscatory Eclogues, an innovative adaption of the eclogue form, as well as elegies, epigrams, and a number of shorter works. This volume contains the first complete English translation of all of Sannazaro's poetry in Latin, accompanied by extensive notes.

Author Biography

Michael C. J. Putnam is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics Emeritus at Brown University.
Release date Australia
May 31st, 2009
Audiences
  • Further/Higher Education
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Translated by Michael C.J. Putnam
Country of Publication
United States
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Pages
592
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Dimensions
165x209x35
ISBN-13
9780674034068
Product ID
3005210

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