Description: Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance and a leading figure in the circle of Lorenzo de'Medici "il Magnifico" in Florence. His "Silvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters.
Brief description: Charles Fantazzi is Thomas Harriot Distinguished Teaching Professor of Classics and Great Books at East Carolina University.
Review Quotes: At once expansive, elegiac, and exact, Fantazzi's translation brings Poliziano to us with affecting grace.--William J. Kennedy "Renaissance Quarterly" (7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM)