ISBN: 9780674003477

By Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313?1375) devoted his last decades to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. This edition presents the first English translatio… Plus…

By Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313?1375) devoted his last decades to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin. The Nile on eBay   FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE   Famous Women by Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) devoted his last decades to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin. FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio(1313-1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women. The 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries. In the hands of a master storyteller, these brief biographies afford a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential. Famous Women, which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on many literary works, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Castiglione's Courtier. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin. Author Biography Virginia Brown is Senior Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto. Table of Contents Introduction Famous Women Dedication Preface I. Eve, Our First Mother II. Semiramis, Queen of the Assyrians III. Opis, Wife of Saturn IV. Juno, Goddess of the Kingdoms V. Ceres, Goddess of the Harvest and Queen of Sicily VI. Minerva VII. Venus, Queen of Cyprus VIII. Isis, Queen and Goddess of Egypt IX. Europa, Queen of Crete X. Libya, Queen of Libya XI-XII. Marpesia and Lampedo, Queens of the Amazons XIII. Thisbe, a Babylonian Maiden XIV. Hypermnestra, Queen of the Argives and Priestess of Juno XV. Niobe, Queen of Thebes XVI. Hypsipyle, Queen of Lemnos XVII. Medea, Queen of Colchis XVIII. Arachne of Colophon XIX-XX. Orithya and Antiope, Queens of the Amazons XXI. The Sybil Erythraea or Heriphile XXII. Medusa, Daughter of Phorcus XXIII. Iole, Daughter of the King of the Aetolians XXIV. Deianira, Wife of Hercules XXV. Jocasta, Queen of Thebes XXVI. The Sybil Almathea, or Deiphebe XXVII. Nicostrata, or Carmenta, Daughter of King Ionius XXVIII. Pocris, Wife of Cephalus XXIX. Argia, Wife of Polynices and Daughter of King Adrastus XXX. Manto, Daughter of Tiresias XXXI. The Wives of the Minyans XXXII. Penthesilea, Queen of the Amazons XXXIII. Polyxena, Daughter of King Priam XXXIV. Hecuba, Queen of the Trojans XXXV. Cassandra, Daughter of King Priam of Troy XXXVI. Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae XXXVII. Helen, Wife of King Menelaus XXXVIII. Circe, Daughter of the Sun XXXIX. Camilla, Queen of the Volscians XL. Penelope, Wife of Ulysses XLI. Lavinia, Queen of Laurentum XLII. Dido, or Elissa, Queen of Carthage XLIII. Nicaula, Queen of Ethiopia XLIV. Pamphile, Daughter of Platea XLV. Rhea Ilia, Vestal Virgin XLVI. Gaia Cyrilla, Wife of King Tarquinius Priscus XLVII. Sappho, Girl of Lesbos and Poetess XLVIII. Lucretia, Wife of Collatinus XLIX. Tamyris, Queen of Scythia L. Leaena, a Prostitute LI. Athaliah, Queen of Jerusalem LII. Cloelia, a Roman Maiden LIII. Hippo, a Greek Woman LIV. Megullia Dotata LV. Veturia, a Roman Matron LVI. Thamyris, Daughter of Micon LVII. Artemisia, Queen of Caria LVIII. Virginia, Virgin and Daughter of Virginius LIX. Irene, Daughter of Cratinus LX. Leontium LXI. Olympias, Queen of Macedonia LXII. Claudia, a Vestal Virgin LXIII. Virginia, Wife of Lucius Volumnius LXIV. Flora the Prostitute, Goddess of Flowers and Wife of Zephyrus LXV. A Young Roman Woman LXVI. Marcia, Daughter of Varro LXVII. Sulpicia, Wife of Fulvius Flaccus LXVIII. Harmonia, Daughter of Gelon of Sicily LXIX. Busa of Canosa di Puglia LXX. Sophonisba, Queen of Numidia LXXI. Theoxena, Daughter of Prince Herodicus LXXII. Berenice, Queen of Cappadocia LXXIII. The Wife of Orgiagon the Galatian LXXIV. Tertia Aemilia, Wife of the Elder Africanus LXXV. Dripetrua, Queen of Laodice LXXVI. Sempronia, Daughter of Gracchus LXXVII. Claudia Quinta, a Roman Woman LXXVIII. Hypsicratea, Queen of Pontus LXXIX. Sempronia, a Roman Woman LXXX. The Wives of the Cimbrians LXXXI. Julia, Daughter of the Dictator Julius Cae Review In 1362, Boccaccio…wrote specifically 'for the ladies,' this time in Latin…[on] a subject as stately as the city's soaring ruins and luminous marble statues: "Famous Women"…(biographies of 106 women, beginning with "Eve Our First Mother" and ending with the monarch to whose lady-in-waiting he dedicated the book, Queen Joanna "of Sicily and Jerusalem")… In a pungent new translation by Virginia Brown, [Boccaccio's] famous women hold up very well indeed. This beautiful little book…spearheads a new publication program designed to make accessible important works of Renaissance Latin to modern readers…the success of Famous Women suggests that the ladies read their Boccaccio as we are invited to read him: with forbearance for his foibles and delight in the tales he tells with such gusto and skill. -- Ingrid D. Rowland * New York Times Book Review *A monument of classical scholarship for its time, [Famous Women] contains the biographies of women renowned for valor in warfare and fearlessness in the face of death, for writing and the arts, for political rulership, and for the particularly womanly virtues of marital chastity and devotion to husbands living and dead… The book became immensely popular in the late Middle Ages, and it was quickly translated into the major languages of Western Europe. It has now been given an expert and readable English translation… Famous Women is an appropriate book with which to inaugurate this series, since it stands at a cusp in cultural history between medieval attitudes and the new mental universe of the Renaissance. -- David Quint * New Republic *Whispered in the language of the dead, tales of one hundred and six famous and infamous women of ancient times breathe new life in this inaugural edition of the Harvard I Tatti Renaissance Library's Famous Women… Giovanni Boccaccio's book emerges as the earliest amalgam of biographies celebrating and describing the deeds of women exclusively, flushed with the timeless air of antiquity… [I]n its first English translation, [Famous Women] bridges the boundaries of language and fosters the perpetual rediscovery of Renaissance intellectualism. -- Karen Wyckoff * Fore Word Magazine *Inspired by Petrarch's Lives of Famous Men, [Famous Women] represents the first biographical compendium of women's lives. Boccaccio prepared 106 brief lives of women…covering both the virtuous and the infamous… This edition provides the original Latin with a graceful and accurate translation by medievalist Brown on facing pages, the first translation in almost 40 years. Her efforts are a profound contribution to literature. Highly recommended. * Library Journal *Harvard University Press's I Tatti Renaissance Library is the only library offering to scholars, students and citizens the sublime works of the Italian Renaissance written in Latin and translated into lucid English... Famous Women is a wonderfully enjoyable book to read in its style of fine clearness. The stories are tales of virtue. Courageous women defend honor and truth and in their defense they give us magnificent models to follow in this life of adversity. * Window on Italy *The Loeb Classical Library…has been of incalculable benefit to generations of scholars… It seems certain that the I Tatti Renaissance Library will serve a similar purpose for Renaissance Latin texts, and that, in addition to its obvious academic value, it will facilitate a broadening base of participation in Renaissance Studies… These books are to be lauded not only for their principles of inclusivity and accessibility, and for their rigorous scholarship, but also for their look and feel. Everything about them is attractive: the blue of their dust jackets and cloth covers, the restrained and elegant design, the clarity of the typesetting, the quality of the paper, and not least the sensible price. This is a new set of texts well worth collecting. -- Kate Lowe * Times Literary Supplement *An aristocratic devotion to our culture continues to manifest itself even today in the most prestigious centers of study and thought. One has merely to look at the very recent (begun in 2001), rigorous and elegant humanistic series of Harvard University, with the original Latin text, English translation, introduction and notes. -- Vittore Branca * Il Sole 24 Ore * Review Quote Whispered in the language of the dead, tales of one hundred and six famous and infamous women of ancient times breathe new life in this inaugural edition of the Harvard I Tatti Renaissance Library's Famous Women...Giovanni Boccaccio's book emerges as the earliest amalgam of biographies celebrating and describing the deeds of women exclusively, flushed with the timeless air of antiquity...[I]n its first English translation, [Famous Women] bridges the boundaries of language and fosters the perpetual rediscovery of Renaissance intellectualism. Details ISBN0674003470 Author Virginia Brown Pages 560 Publisher Har, Harvard University Press<

2001, ISBN: 9780674003477

After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch’s humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works… Plus…

After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch’s humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is Famous Women, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women.The 106 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries. In the hands of a master storyteller, these brief biographies afford a fascinating glimpse of a moment in history when medieval attitudes toward women were beginning to give way to more modern views of their potential.Famous Women, which Boccaccio continued to revise and expand until the end of his life, became one of the most popular works in the last age of the manuscript book, and had a signal influence on many literary works, including Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and Castiglione’s Courtier. This edition presents the first English translation based on the autograph manuscript of the Latin. Books Giovanni Boccaccio|Hardback|Harvard University Press|26/04/2001, Harvard University Press<

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