The Erotopaegnion, a trifling book of love, of Girolamo Angeriano. Edited and translated with commentary.
- ISBN: 9789060044247
- Year: 1995
- Size: 8vo
- Binding: Cloth.
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- Pages: 466 pp. (Bibliotheca Humanistica & Reformatorica, Vol. LIII)
When the volume Poetae Tres Elegantissimi was produced at Paris in 1582, the poets included were Joannes Secundus, Michelle Marullo and Girolamo Angeriano, represented by his best-known work, the Eropaegnion, orginally published in Florence in 1512, which had come to enjoy particular popularity in France and had exercised a considerable influence on vernacular literature there. All 199 poems (with the few alternative versions) are assembled from the various sixteenth century editions in a newly edited Latin text. Each poem translated into English prose; substantial commentary.
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"... the translation of the poems ... is characterised by a flowing modern prose. Wilson`s commentary to each poem is really invaluable as it contextualises the poem, highlights its thematic and stylistic features and relates it, where applicable, to other sources" (Bruno Ferraro in Bibliothèque d`Humanisme et Renaissance 58, 1996).






