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- catalog abstract ""It is hard to believe that the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, printed by Aldus Manutius in 1499, one of the most famous books in the world, read by every Renaissance intellectual and endlessly referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, has never appeared in English. One reason, no doubt, is the length and difficulty of the text. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape and costume - it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed - and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens. In 1592 a beginning was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up after only a third of the text. Now, at last, the task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. English".
- catalog alternative "Strife of love in a dream".
- catalog contributor b11566805.
- catalog contributor b11566806.
- catalog contributor b11566807.
- catalog contributor b11566808.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""It is hard to believe that the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, printed by Aldus Manutius in 1499, one of the most famous books in the world, read by every Renaissance intellectual and endlessly referred to in studies of art and culture ever since, has never appeared in English. One reason, no doubt, is the length and difficulty of the text. It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed by architecture, landscape and costume - it is not going too far to say sexually obsessed - and its 174 woodcuts are a primary source for Renaissance ideas on both buildings and gardens. In 1592 a beginning was made to produce an English version but the translator gave up after only a third of the text. Now, at last, the task has been triumphantly accomplished by Joscelyn Godwin, who succeeds in reproducing all its wayward charm and arcane learning in language accessible to the modern reader."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili -- Appendices. Translations of Latin inscriptions in the illustrations, and of Greek in the illustrations and the text ; Significance of the allegorical names ; Glossary of architectural terms ; Diagram of the Isle of Cytherea.".
- catalog extent "xix, 474 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0500019428".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng lat".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Thames and Hudson,".
- catalog subject "853/.3 21".
- catalog subject "Architecture in literature.".
- catalog subject "Art in literature.".
- catalog subject "Colonna, Francesco, -1527 Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Italian literature 16th century Translations into English.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes in literature.".
- catalog subject "PQ4619 .C913 1999".
- catalog subject "Romances, Italian Translations into English.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Hypnerotomachia Poliphili -- Appendices. Translations of Latin inscriptions in the illustrations, and of Greek in the illustrations and the text ; Significance of the allegorical names ; Glossary of architectural terms ; Diagram of the Isle of Cytherea.".
- catalog title "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : the strife of love in a dream / Francesco Colonna ; the entire text translated for the first time into English with an introduction by Joscelyn Godwin ; with the original woodcut illustrations.".
- catalog title "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili. English".
- catalog title "Strife of love in a dream".
- catalog type "Translations. fast".
- catalog type "text".