Travaux d'humanisme et renaissance, 0082-6081 ; 650
Summary note
Upon the death of Jacopo Antonio Marcello's eight-year-old son Valerio on the first of January 1461, prominent humanists produced consoling letters, essays, and poems. The most important of these writings was the Consolatio ad Iacobum Antonium Marcellum de obitu Valerii filii, written by the Italian humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481). In his Consolatio, Filelfo displays an ambitious synthesis of Greek, Roman, and Christian consolatory themes and combines panegyrics on the boy and his father with a philosophical exposition on the immortality of the soul. The present volume offers the first modern edition and in-depth study of this remarkable literary work. It is in two parts: first, the critical edition facing the English translation of Filelfo's Consolatio; second, four chapters which explore the historical context of the Consolatio, its place in the genre of consolation, and its philosophical and rhetorical dimensions. provided by publisher.
Notes
Based on thesis (doctoral).
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-411) and indexes.
ISBN
9782600064286 (paperback)
2600064281
OCLC
1412786382
International Article Number
9782600064286
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