I devoured it, and I still can not believe !! Here redefines epicurean, and forfeiture of it by the church ... really just follow in his humanist Poggio wanderings, it is a delight and a revelation!
The book has two parts: the first is the pursuit of Pogge, at the dawn of the 15th century, to find a copy of Lucretius's poem "De Rerum Natura" and emulation it arouses among bibliophiles of the time . Then Greenblatt managed to make us follow
This is a great historical novel, very well documented. We find many references about this time of transition. It reveals a political and economic approach through the intrigues and conflicts plutocratic. The rediscovery among other humanities, has c
This is the title of masterpiece of Lucretia, which is a record for scholars of Latin poetry and visionary work in the line of Democritus and Epicure.Le book by Stephen Greenblatt is himself a scholar but the extension effort is commendable and succe
"The swerve", "deviation": this is the original title translated into French by ... "Quattrocento"; this might raise a smile, but this habit homegrown changing the original titles here puts into relief that the Renaissance is
