The Hermaphrodite

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-674-04757-0
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: The I Tatti Renaissance Library

Antonio Beccadelli (1394–1471), known as Panormita from his native town of Palermo, was appointed court poet to Duke Filippo Maria Visconti (1429), crowned poet laureate by Emperor Sigismund (1432), and ended his days as panegyrist to King Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples, where he founded the first of the Renaissance Academies. The Hermaphrodite, his first work (1425–26), dedicated to Cosimo de' Medici, won him praise and condemnation. Beccadelli was a pioneer in revitalizing the Latin epigram for its powers of abuse and louche eroticism. Its open celebration of vice, particularly sodomy, earned it public burnings, threats of excommunication, banishment to the closed sections of libraries, and a devoted following. Likened to a "precious jewel in a dunghill," The Hermaphrodite combined the comic realism of Italian popular verse with the language of Martial to explore the underside of the early Renaissance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beccadelli, Antonio

Parker, Holt

Weitere Mitwirkende

Parker, Holt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Parker, Holt
Holt Parker is Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.