Literary imitation in the Italian Renaissance : the theory and practice of literary imitation in Italy from Dante to Bembo

Literary imitation in the Italian Renaissance : the theory and practice of literary imitation in Italy from Dante to Bembo / Martin L. McLaughlin.

The concept of imitatio - the imitation of classical and vernacular texts - was a dominant critical and creative principle in Italian Renaissance literature. This study charts the development of imitatio from the 14th to the early 16th centuries, offering insights into the works of Italian writers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLaughlin, M. L. (Martin L.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Series:Oxford modern languages and literature monographs.
Subjects:
To 1499
Italian literature > To 1400 > History and criticism.
Italian literature > 15th century > History and criticism.
Italian literature > Classical influences.
Imitation in literature.
Imitation in literature
Italian literature
Italian literature > Classical influences
Letterkunde.
Neolatijn.
Italiaans.
Imitatie.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The Trecento. 1. Dante. 2. Petrarch. 3. Boccaccio. 4. Coluccio Salutati
  • pt. 2. The Early Quattrocento. 5. Leonardo Bruni. 6. Humanist Educators. 7. The Dispute between Poggio and Valla
  • pt. 3. Vernacular Humanism. 8. Leon Battista Alberti. 9. Cristoforo Landino
  • pt. 4. The Major Disputes Around 1500. 10. The Dispute between Poliziano and Cortesi. 11. The Dispute between The Elder Pico and Barbaro. 12. The Dispute between Giovan Francesco Pico and Bembo.

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