Silvae

Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. They not only contain some of the finest Latin poetry of the Renaissance, but also afford unique insight into the poetical credo of a brilliant scholar as he considers the works of his Greek and Latin predecessors as well as of his contemporaries writing in Italian. Charles Fantazzi is Thomas Harriot Distinguished Visiting Professor of Classics and Italian at East Carolina University.Poliziano, Angelo is the author of 'Silvae', published 2004 under ISBN 9780674014800 and ISBN 0674014804.