Giovanni della Casa’s Poem book = Ioannis Casae Carminum liber : Florence 1564

176 Pages·1999·6.945 MB·English

by  Della Casa, Giovanni, Della Case, Giovanni, Van Sickle, John

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Giovanni della Casa's Poem Book
loannis Casae Carminum Liber
Florence 1564
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Volume 194
Neo-Latin Texts and Translations
Volume
1
Giovanni della Casa's Poem Book
loannis Casae Carminum Liber
Florence
1564
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Edited Translated into Verse
with Commentary by
John B. Van Sickle
Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Tempe, Arizona
1999
Thephotograph that appears on page vii is reprinted courtesy of
Alinari/Art Resource, New York.
® Copyright 1999
Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University
Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Delia Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556.
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[Poems. English Latin. Selections]
Giovanni DeliaCasa'spoembook = loannis[i.e.Jonnis] Casae carminum
liber / edited & translated into verse with commentary by John B. Van
Sickle.
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p. cm. (Medieval Renaissance Texts Studies ; v. 194)
ISBN 0-86698-236-1 (alk. paper)
1.DeliaCase,Giovanni, 1503-1556—Translations intoEnglish. 2. Pastoral
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poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy Translations into English.
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3. City andtown life Italy—Poetry. 4. Country life Italy Poetry. I. Van
Sickle, John. II. Title. III. Title: loannis Casae carminum liber. IV. Title:
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Jonnis Casae carminum liber. V. Series: Medieval Renaissance Texts
Studies (Series) v. 194.
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PA8485.D636A28 1999
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This book is made to last.
It is set in Garamond,
smythe-sewn and printed on acid-free paper
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Printed in the United States ofAmerica
CONTENTS
Preface
IX
Introduction
I The Literary Fate 1
n The Life in Letters and Poems 5
in The System and Poetics of the Book 28
rV The History of the Edition 31
The Poem Book
I A Country Cure for the Sick City 40
II The City Blamed for Sickness in the Poet 42
III The Heahhy Style of Poetic Life 44
IV The City Women Blamed 50
V To Flee the City for a Cure 52
VI Honoring a Florentine Master's Gifts 54
VII Warning against Sly Flattery 58
VIII Warning against Shifty Fortune 60
DC Praising the Healer of the West 62
X A
Brief for Brevity in the Book 68
XI Honoring a Princess, Blaming Himself 68
XII Consoling a Princess, Praising a Hero 70
XIII Praising a Florentine Master's Gifts ' 74
XIV-VI No Cure for a Country 111 76
Commentary and Notes 79
Appendices
I Punctuation Sampler 117
II Selected Letters 119
Bibliography 147
Index
151