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Francesco Robortello (1516-1567) : architectural genius of the humanities
\"This book explores the intellectual world of Francesco Robortello, one of the most prominent scholars of the Italian Renaissance. From poetics to rhetoric, philology to history, topics to ethics, Robortello revolutionized the field of humanities through innovative interpretations of ancient texts and with a genius that was architectural in scope. He was highly esteemed by his contemporaries for his acute wit, but also envied and disparaged for his many qualities. In comparison with other humanists of his time such as Carlo Sigonio and Pier Vettori, Robortello had a deeply philosophical vein, one that made him unique not only to Italy, but to Europe more generally. Robortello's role in reforming the humanities makes him a constituent part of the long-fifteenth century. Robortello's thought, however, unlike that of other fifteenth century humanists, sprung from and was thoroughly imbued with a systematic, Aristotelian spirit without which his philosophy would never have emerged from the tumultuous years of the mid-Cinquecento. Francesco Robortello created a system for the humanities which was unique for his century: a perfect union of humanism and philosophy. This book represents the first fully-fledged monograph on this adventurous intellectual life\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Cambridge companion to Thomas More
\"This Companion offers a comprehensive introduction to the life and work of a major figure of the modern world. Combining breadth of coverage with depth, the book opens with essays on More's family, early life and education, his literary humanism, virtuoso rhetoric, illustrious public career and ferocious opposition to emergent Protestantism, and his fall from power, incarceration, trial and execution. These chapters are followed by in-depth studies of five of More's major works - Utopia, The History of King Richard the Third, A Dialogue Concerning Heresies, A Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation and De Tristitia Christi - and a final essay on the varied responses to the man and his writings in his own and subsequent centuries. The volume provides an accessible overview of this fascinating figure to students and other interested readers, whilst also presenting, and in many areas extending, the most important modern scholarship on him\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The digital humanities : a primer for students and scholars
\"The Digital Humanities is a comprehensive introduction and practical guide to how humanists use the digital to conduct research, organize materials, analyze, and publish findings. It summarizes the turn toward the digital that is reinventing every aspect of the humanities among scholars, libraries, publishers, administrators, and the public. Beginning with some definitions and a brief historical survey of the humanities, the book examines how humanists work, what they study, and how humanists and their research have been impacted by the digital and how, in turn, they shape it. It surveys digital humanities tools and their functions, the digital humanists' environments, and the outcomes and reception of their work. The book pays particular attention to both theoretical underpinnings and practical considerations for embarking on digital humanities projects. It places the digital humanities firmly within the historical traditions of the humanities and in the contexts of current academic and scholarly life\"-- Provided by publisher.
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PRIME RICOGNIZIONI SUL \CORPVS\ DEI \DEPERDITA\ SOFOCLEI NELL'OPERA DI ANGELO POLIZIANO
This paper focuses on the quotations from the corpus of fragments attributed to the Athenian dramatist Sophocles, which are found in various works of Italian humanist Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494), including the Miscellaneorum centuriae and some of his Commentaries on classical authors. Poliziano's approach to literary fragments, as shown in the case of Sophocles, seems to comply with the humanist's project of collecting a vast encyclopaedia on the ancient world, to which even literary fragments could contribute: in spite of their incompleteness, fragments could assist the learned Poliziano in elucidating passages from other ancient authors, illustrating the meaning of realia related to the ancient world, or shedding light on mythical accounts, thus providing humanistic scholarship on Antiquity with a valuable means of research.
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