Dialogues of Love

Leone Ebreo (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

464 Seiten

2009
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-9910-5 (ISBN)

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First published in Rome in 1535,Leone Ebreo's Dialogues of Love is one of the most important texts of the European Renaissance. Well known in the Italian academies of the sixteenth century, its popularity quickly spread throughout Europe, with numerous reprintings and translations into French, Latin Spanish, and Hebrew. It attracted a diverse audience that included noblemen, courtesans, artists, poets, intellectuals, and philosophers. More than just a bestseller, the work exerted a deep influence over the centuries on figures as diverse as Giordano Bruno, John Donne, Miguelde Cervantes, and Baruch Spinoza. Leone's Dialogues consists of three conversations - 'On Love and Desire,' 'On the Universality of Love,' and 'Onthe Origin of Love' - that take place over a period of three subsequent days.They are organized in a dialogic format, much like a theatrical representation, of a conversation between a man, Philo, who plays the role of the lover andteacher, and a woman, Sophia, the beloved and pupil. The discussion covers a wide range of topics that have as their common denominator the idea of Love.
Through the dialogue, the author explores many different points of view and complex philosophical ideas. Grounded in a distinctly Jewish tradition, and drawing on Neoplatonic philosophical structures and Arabic sources, the work offers a useful compendium of classical and contemporary thought, yet was not incompatible with Christian doctrine. Despite the unfinished state and somewhat controversial, enigmatic nature of Ebreo's famous text, it remains one of the most significant and influential works in the history of Western thought. This new, expertly translated and annotated English edition takes into account the latest scholarship and provides aninvaluable resource for today's readers.

Damian Bacich is an assistant professor of Spanish Language and Literature in the Foreign Languages Department at San Jos State University. Rossella Pescatori is an instructor in the Department of Italian at El Camino College.

Foreword Brian P. Covenhaver Introduction: The Dialogues of Love of Leone Ebreo Rossella Pescatori DIALOGUES OF LOVE 1 On Love and Desire 2 On the Universality of Love 3 On the Origin of Love Afterword: The Dialogues of Love in Spanish Cosmos Damian Bacich Notes Preinted Editions and Translations of the Dialoghi d'amore Bibliography Index of Biblical and Mythological-Astrological Names Index of Names and Works

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.5.2009
Reihe/Serie	Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library
Übersetzer	Damian Bacich, Rosella Pescatori
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	820 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8020-9910-6 / 0802099106
ISBN-13	978-0-8020-9910-5 / 9780802099105
Zustand	Neuware