Francesco Filelfo, Man of Letters

Jeroen De Keyser

ISBN 10: 9004382135 / ISBN 13: 9789004382138

Published by Brill Okt 2018, 2018

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Neuware - Investigating the oeuvre of the Italian humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481), this collection is the first to make extensive use of the critical editions of Filelfo's numerous writings - in particular of his Epistolarium, published in 2016 by Jeroen De Keyser, who also edited this volume. Uncovering a lot of new information not previously mentioned in the literature on Filelfo, twelve specialized scholars draw attention to long-neglected material, shedding new light on Filelfo's intellectual endeavors and his literary journey between Greek and Latin. This illuminating collection offers historians of ideas as well as literary scholars and Neo-Latinists new inroads into Filelfo's vast oeuvre, and through it to the world of Quattrocento humanism. Contributors include: Jean-Louis Charlet, Guy Claessens, Jeroen De Keyser, Tom Deneire, Ide François, James Hankins, Noreen Humble, Gary Ianziti, Han Lamers, David Marsh, John Monfasani, and Jan Papy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Francesco Filelfo, Man of Letters
• Publisher: Brill Okt 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004382135
• ISBN 13: 9789004382138
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 157H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 558 grams

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Synopsis

Investigating the oeuvre of the Italian humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481), this collection is the first to make extensive use of the critical editions of Filelfo’s numerous writings – in particular of his Epistolarium, published in 2016 by Jeroen De Keyser, who also edited this volume. Uncovering a lot of new information not previously mentioned in the literature on Filelfo, twelve specialized scholars draw attention to long-neglected material, shedding new light on Filelfo’s intellectual endeavors and his literary journey between Greek and Latin. This illuminating collection offers historians of ideas as well as literary scholars and Neo-Latinists new inroads into Filelfo’s vast oeuvre, and through it to the world of Quattrocento humanism.

Contributors include: Jean-Louis Charlet, Guy Claessens, Jeroen De Keyser, Tom Deneire, Ide François, James Hankins, Noreen Humble, Gary Ianziti, Han Lamers, David Marsh, John Monfasani, and Jan Papy.

About the Author

Jeroen De Keyser (PhD Turin, 2008) is Professor of Latin at KU Leuven and general editor of Humanistica Lovaniensia. His interests include textual criticism and Quattrocento Humanism. He published Filelfo’s Xenophon translations (2012), De exilio (2013), Sphortias (2015) and Collected Letters (2016).