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One of the most famous books in the world, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, read by every Renaissance intellectual and referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, was first published in English by Thames & Hudson in 1999.It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape, and costume―it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed―and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens.
In 1592 an attempt was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up. The task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader. 174 black-and-white illustrations
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Joscelyn Godwin is Professor of Music at Colgate University. He has written books on the seventeenth-century occult philosophers Robert Fludd and Athanasius Kircher, as well as on the history of theosophy and on the spiritual dimension of music.
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''As a window into early Renaissance involvement with antiquity, there may be nothing better....The long-awaited and very readable translation of a curious Renaissance book.''
''Godwin has confronted the demands of Poliphilo's 'strife of love in a dream' with subtle skill.''
''A volume that should undoubtedly find a place in every serious English-speaking academic library.''
''A wonderful translation of an extraordinary book....Creates a whole other world. Fun to read aloud.''
''Godwin has confronted the demands of Poliphilo's 'strife of love in a dream' with subtle skill.''
''A volume that should undoubtedly find a place in every serious English-speaking academic library.''
''A wonderful translation of an extraordinary book....Creates a whole other world. Fun to read aloud.''
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- PublisherThames & Hudson
- Publication date2003
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