Dinner pieces / Leon Battista Alberti ; introduction, text edition, and notes by Roberto Cardini ; translated by David Marsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472, author.

Contributor:

Cardini, Roberto, editor.

Marsh, David, 1950 September 25- translator.

Series:

I Tatti Renaissance library ; 97-98.

The I Tatti Renaissance library ; 97-98

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translation into English.

Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English.

Satire, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Translations into English.

Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Humor in literature.

Physical Description:

2 volumes ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024.

Language Note:

Text in Latin with English translation; introduction and notes in English.

Summary:

"Leon Battista Alberti's Intercenales (Dinner Pieces) is his most innovative literary work and surely stands as an absolute masterpiece both of Italian Renaissance and modern European letters. As Alberti himself explains, the title means texts to be read while dining and drinking, thus clearly situating the work in the tradition of symposial, or banquet literature. Symposial literature is a sort of satura lanx, or abundant platter, that luxuriates in thematic, stylistic, and linguistic variety. Indeed, besides their varied themes, the fifty-three individual Dinner Pieces included in the collection explore the most diverse intellectual spheres, ranging from ekphrasis to astrology, from philosophy to religion, from physiognomy to cryptic puzzles; they discuss every sphere of life from household management and marriage to the state. The literary genres employed are nearly countless, and the stylistic palette astonishingly broad. Even so, it is the lesser genres of fable and comedy, written in their humbler style, that generally predominate in the work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Volume 1. Book One. Book Two. Book Three. Book Four. Book Seven

volume 2. Book Eight. Book Nine. Book Ten. Book Eleven. Appendix I. Appendix II. Appendix III.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. Intercenales. Latin (Cardini)

Container of: Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472. Intercenales. English

ISBN:

9780674295742

0674295749

9780674295759

0674295757

OCLC:

1411307724