John Florio: the Life of an Italian in Shakespeare's England |
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| Author:
| Yates, Frances A. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-17074-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $58.99 |
Book Description:
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John Florio is best known to the present day for his translation of Montaigne's Essays. To his contemporaries he was one of the most conspicuous figures of the literary and social cliques of the time. Frances Yates' 1934 text throws light upon the vexed question of his relations with Shakespeare.
John Florio is best known to the present day for his translation of Montaigne's Essays. To his contemporaries he was one of the most conspicuous figures of the literary and social cliques of the time. Frances Yates' 1934 text throws light upon the vexed question of his relations with Shakespeare.