Biographical Writings
| Author | : Giannozzo Manetti |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0674011341 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780674011342 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Biographical Writings by : Giannozzo Manetti
Download or read book Biographical Writings written by Giannozzo Manetti and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manetti (1396-1459) was a leading humanist biographer of the Renaissance. This voulme brings together his biographies of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, and his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca--the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period.
