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Cristoforo Landino

In Quinti Horatii Flacci Artem poeticam ad Pisones interpretationes

A cura di Gabriele Bugada

HB pp. XVIII-184, € 53,00

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2012
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978-88-8450-449-4
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Immediately after his monumental commentary on Dante's Divine Comedy was completed, Landino launched himself into the writing of a corresponding cornerstone work in Latin, dedicated to Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, the first modern commentary on Horace's collected works. The Ars poetica assumes primary importance at the outset of the general proem, by virtue of immediate reference to the uniquely independent status as praefatio enjoyed by the Epistle to the Pisos. This preference is not surprising, since Landino's reflections were always informed by Horace's poem. The Introduzione to the present edition follows in its footsteps, along the lines of reflection tending, by vocation and generational interest, to bridge different cultural moments. As Landino hoped, printed commentaries became an extension of the lectern: his interpretations of Horace immediately enjoyed numerous re-printings. With this in mind, the opportunity to include with the text of the commentary on the 1482 Ars poetica an edition of the notes taken by student Bartolomeo Fonzio during Landino's course on the Ars poetica in 1464 takes on special significance.
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