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Latin Poetry (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) by Girolamo Fracastoro; James Gardner, (Translator) is a work of literary fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Latin Poetry (The I Tatti Renaissance Library) about?
One of the great medical authorities of the early sixteenth century, Girolamo Fracastoro (14781553) was also a prominent Neo-Latin poet. This volume includes his famous didactic poem Syphilis in three books, which gave the name to the disease and contains the first poetical description of Columbuss discovery of America. Also included are a short Biblical epic, the Joseph, and the Carmina, a collection of shorter poetry in various metres. This volume presents an updated edition of all the Latin texts, two previously unpublished short poems, and the first complete translation into English of Fracastoros Latin poetry.
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- Author
- Girolamo Fracastoro; James Gardner, (Translator)
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts: The I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780674072718
- Category
- work of literary fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Poetry, Humanities
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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