Ficino in Spain

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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As the first translator of Plato’s complete works into Latin, the Florentine writer Marsilio Ficino (1433–99) and his blend of Neoplatonic and Hermetic philosophy were fundamental to the intellectual atmosphere of the Renaissance. In Spain, his works were regularly read, quoted, and referenced, at least until the nineteenth century, when literary critics and philosophers wrote him out of the history of early modern Spain.In Ficino in Spain, Susan Byrne uses textual and bibliographic evidence to show the pervasive impact of Ficino’s writings and translations on the Spanish Renaissance. Cataloguing everything from specific mentions of his name in major texts to glossed volumes of his works in Spanish libraries, Byrne shows that Spanish writers such as Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, BartolomÉ de las Casas, and Garcilaso de la Vega all responded to Ficino and adapted his imagery for their own works. An important contribution to the study of Spanish literature and culture from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, Ficino in Spain recovers the role that Hermetic and Neoplatonic thought played in the world of Spanish literature.

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Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-13
Mått:165 x 237 x 30 mm
Vikt:720 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Toronto Iberic
Antal sidor:384
Förlag:University of Toronto Press
ISBN:9781442650565

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Susan Byrne is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University.

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‘Susan Byrne’s Ficino in Spain is a book that was waiting to be written… Byrne’s book on Ficino will serve as an evidence of the many intellectual exchanges between Spain, Italy, and the rest of Europe during the Renaissance and early modern periods.’- Frederick A. De. Armas (Renaissance Quarterly vol 69:02:2016) ‘Byrne should be commended for her scrupulous study and cogent analysis of relevant literary texts…. She has unquestionably lent a signal service to students and scholars alike in their efforts to understand better the depth and breadth of Ficino’s creative genius.’- Bruno Damiani (Modern Philology vol 114:01:2016) ‘Excellent study, richly annotated and carefully argued.’- Michael J.B. Allen (Cervantes vol 37:02:2017) "Byrne’s book, with its own methodology that draws from the history of ideas, literary studies, and comparative literature, emerges as an important contribution for those who are interested in the cultural history of esotericism in Spain, and indeed in Western Europe between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries more generally." - Juan Bubello (Correspondences) "Susan Byrne’s Ficino in Spain is an essential contribution to the study of the intellectual and cultural history of Spain and early modern Europe. Meticulously researched, artfully argued, and lucidly presented, it introduces an important but neglected philosophical and literary current. In fact, it breaks new ground." - Donald Gilman, Ball State University (Convivium)

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Ficino and the pia philosophia in Spain1. Ficino in Spanish Libraries2. Ficino as Authority in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Letters3. Ficino as Hermes4. Persistence and Adaptation of Hermetic-Neoplatonic Imagery5. Ficino as Plato6. Persistence of Political-Economic PlatonismConclusion