{"product_id":"sicco-polenton-lives-of-the-famous-latin-authors-a-selection","title":"Sicco Polenton, Lives of the Famous Latin Authors: A Selection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOffering an anthology of the first history of Latin literature, Sicco Polenton's \u003ci\u003eScriptorum illustrium Latinae linguae libri XVIII\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of biographies that spans the period from ancient Rome to the 15th century. \u003c\/b\u003eCompiled between 1419 and 1433, the main focus of the \u003ci\u003eScriptores illustres\u003c\/i\u003e is on the life and works of ancient Latin authors, but Polenton also displays a wider interest in the history of Roman culture, institutions and society, which he constantly interlaces with literary issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This anthology offers the first English translation of carefully selected passages of the \u003ci\u003eScriptores illustres\u003c\/i\u003e, in order to provide scholars and students with an accessible overview of the work's structure and style, as well as its impact on early 15th-century scholarship. It is the first modern edition of Polenton's work to be annotated, thereby providing an historical context for the work. The commentary sheds new light on the complexity of Polenton's original research into his classical sources, and the anthology fills a gap in Anglophone scholarship, which has in recent decades paid little attention to Polenton and his intellectual profile.","brand":"T. E. Franklinos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103459143981,"sku":"BS-8XD-408760","price":161.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/9781350408760-HD.jpg?v=1780286196","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sicco-polenton-lives-of-the-famous-latin-authors-a-selection","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}