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OverviewGuittone d'Arezzo (ca. 1230-1294) was the most important, prolific, and influential poet and prose writer of the thirteenth century. Unfortunately, his work has been overshadowed by his successor; the more learned and gifted Dante Alighieri. The poems and prose included in this volume are emblematic of the two phases of Guittone's career: he first achieved fame as a secular love poet but following his conversion in the 1260s he became a renowned religious poet. Guittone's artistic reputation commanded the highest respect. Even Dante's beloved Guinizzelli and Cavalcanti never enjoyed any such fame in their lifetime. Antonello Borra presents a critical introduction to Guittone's works with a selection of his poems and letters in facing-page Italian and English translation. While Dante repeatedly condemned Guittone, recent scholarship has re-evaluated his importance and placed his work in the context of his predecessors, the Provenal troubadours and the poets of the Sicilian school. This latest volume in the Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library contains the first significant edition of Guittone's works available in English translation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Guittone d'Arezzo , Antonello BorraPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9781487501242ISBN 10: 1487501242 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 24 February 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword Introduction Friar Guittone: Letters Friar Guittone: Moral and Religious Canzoni Guittone d’Arezzo: Love Canzoni Guittone d’Arezzo: Teachings on Love Friar Guittone: Cycles on Vices and Virtues BibliographyReviewsDealing with Guittone's refined and very elaborate metrics (and language), Borra chooses translations that are as faithful as possible to the letter of the originals , which is probably the most functional solution for the sake of clarity and the success of the educational aim of this book. -- Roberta Capelli * Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2 * Author InformationGuittone d'Arezzo (1235-1294) was a Tuscan poet and the founder of the Tuscan School. He was an acclaimed secular love poet before his conversion in the 1260s, when he became a religious poet. In 1256, he was exiled from Arezzo due to his Guelf sympathies. Antonello Borra teaches Italian language and literature in the Department of Romance Languages and Linguistics at the University of Vermont. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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