{"product_id":"dialogues-giovanni-gioviano-pontano-9780674237186","title":"Dialogues","description":"\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Gioviano Pontano (1429-1503) served five kings of Naples as a courtier, official, and diplomat, and earned even greater fame as a scholar, prose author, and poet. His \u003ci\u003eDialogues\u003c\/i\u003e reflect his diverse interests in religion, philosophy, and literature, as well as in everyday life in fifteenth-century Naples. They are especially important for their vivid picture of the contemporary gatherings of Pontano and his friends in the humanist academy over which he presided from around 1471 until shortly before his death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVolume 2 includes the \u003ci\u003eActius, \u003c\/i\u003e named for one of its principal speakers, the great Neo-Latin poet Jacopo Sannazaro, and contains a perceptive treatment of poetic rhythm, the first full treatment of the Latin hexameter in the history of philology. The dialogue continues with a discussion of style and method in history writing, a landmark in the history of historiography. This is a new critical edition of the \u003ci\u003eActius\u003c\/i\u003e and the first translation of this dialogue into English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Giovanni Gioviano Pontano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674237188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674237186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.30w x 1.20d","brand":"Giovanni Gioviano Pontano","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072015745279,"sku":"9780674237186","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65c97965-4e26-4e84-a2e9-b56aff2043d4.jpg?v=1753415566","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dialogues-giovanni-gioviano-pontano-9780674237186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}