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The Metabolism of Desire

The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

By: Guido Cavalcanti

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The Metabolism of Desire

The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

By: Guido Cavalcanti

Text in Italian with English translation on opposite pages.

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Athabasca University Press

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1926836847

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9781926836843

The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

A Critical English Edition

By: Guido Cavalcanti

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The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

A Critical English Edition

By: Guido Cavalcanti

Cavalcanti is a key figure in the development of Italian poetry, and a fascinating character in the shadow of his contemporary and friend Dante Alighieri. Cavalcanti also has an interesting place in the cannon of English poetry, where he was an important influence on two of his famous translators Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Ezra Pound.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1906510725

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9781906510725

The Metabolism of Desire

The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

By: Guido Cavalcanti

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The Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

By: Guido Cavalcanti

Text in Italian with English translation on opposite pages.

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Athabasca University Press

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As Gods Among Men

A History of the Rich in the West

By: Guido Alfani

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As Gods Among Men

A History of the Rich in the West

By: Guido Alfani

All human societies, from prehistory through to today, have been characterized by some degree of economic inequality. Arguably, complex societies would not have thrived if they had been unable to concentrate and redistribute resources effectively. We frequently talk about the top 5% or 1% today but, as Guido Alfani explains in this book, concerns about the rich and super-rich and their potential to influence contemporary politics and society are nothing new - just take the Medici family and Renaissance Tuscany as one example. The medieval theologian Nicole Oresme's fear of the super-rich individual acting "as God among men" resonates with much of what present-day economist Thomas Piketty cautioned against in his landmark Capital in the Twentieth Century. As Gods Among Men represents the first scholarly attempt to provide a general overview of role and significance of the rich and the super-rich in the long run of history. With a focus on the West, particularly Europe and North America, Alfani's research spans a thousand years of history. He draws from a wealth of comparative data, as well as insights gleaned from the latest research in economic history, sociology, and anthropology, to show how society's problematic relationship with the super-rich cannot be fully understood without a careful analysis of the ways in which they have built their enormous wealth, and how they have used that wealth to gain influence. Alfani highlights important aspects of their behavior, such as their attitudes toward saving and consumption, or their propensity to act as patrons of the arts and of the sciences or as benefactors of the weakest part of society, to build up a profile of the richest members of our society and to trace patterns throughout history, underlining elements of both continuity and change over the period"--

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440

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Princeton University Press

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0691215731

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9780691215730

Gramsci Contested: Interpretations, Debates, and Polemics, 1922--2012

By: Guido Liguori

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Gramsci Contested: Interpretations, Debates, and Polemics, 1922--2012

By: Guido Liguori

A major review of all of the many strands of Gramsci interpretation from the earliest writings of his contemporaries through to the academic debates of the 2010s.

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401

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BRILL

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900450334X

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9789004503342

On Modern Poetry

By: Guido Mazzoni

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On Modern Poetry

By: Guido Mazzoni

Guido Mazzoni tells the story of poetry's revolution in the modern age. The chief transformation was the rise of the lyric as it is now conceived: a genre in which a first-person speaker talks about itself. Mazzoni argues that modern poetry embodies the age of the individual and has wrought profound changes in the expectations of readers.

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265

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Harvard University Press

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0674249038

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9780674249035

The Renaissance in Italy

A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento

By: Guido Ruggiero

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The Renaissance in Italy

A Social and Cultural History of the Rinascimento

By: Guido Ruggiero

This book offers a rich and exciting new way of thinking about the Italian Renaissance as both a historical period and a historical movement. Guido Ruggiero's work is based on archival research and new insights of social and cultural history and literary criticism, with a special emphasis on everyday culture, gender, violence, and sexuality. The book offers a vibrant and relevant critical study of a period too long burdened by anachronistic and outdated ways of thinking about the past. Familiar, yet alien; pre-modern, but suggestively post-modern; attractive and troubling, this book returns the Italian Renaissance to center stage in our past and in our historical analysis.

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655

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Cambridge University Press

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0521895200

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9780521895200

Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects

A Syntactic Analysis of the Romance Languages

By: Guido Mensching

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Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects

A Syntactic Analysis of the Romance Languages

By: Guido Mensching

This book is intended for linguists.

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282

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Oxford University Press, USA

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019513303X

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9780195133035

Apollo and Vulcan

The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700

By: Guido Guerzoni

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Apollo and Vulcan

The Art Markets in Italy, 1400-1700

By: Guido Guerzoni

Guido Guerzoni presents the results of fifteen years of research into one of the more hotly debated topics among historians of art and of economics: the history of art markets. Dedicating equal attention to current thought in the fields of economics, economic history, and art history, Guerzoni offers a broad and far-reaching analysis of the Italian scene, highlighting the existence of different forms of commercial interchange and diverse kinds of art markets. In doing so he ranges beyond painting and sculpture, to examine as well the economic drivers behind architecture, decorative and sumptuary arts, and performing or ephemeral events. Organized by thematic areas (the ethics and psychology of consumption, an analysis of the demand, labor markets, services, prices, laws) that cover a large chronological period (from the 15th through the 17th century), various geographical areas, and several institution typologies, this book offers an exhaustive and up-to-date study of an increasingly fascinating topic.

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581

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MSU Press

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1609173619

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9781609173616

Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

A Decameron Renaissance

By: Guido Ruggiero

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Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

A Decameron Renaissance

By: Guido Ruggiero

As a pandemic swept across fourteenth-century Europe, the Decameron offered the ill and grieving a symphony of life and love. For Florentines, the world seemed to be coming to an end. In 1348 the first wave of the Black Death swept across the Italian city, reducing its population from more than 100,000 to less than 40,000. The disease would eventually kill at least half of the population of Europe. Amid the devastation, Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron was born. One of the masterpieces of world literature, the Decameron has captivated centuries of readers with its vivid tales of love, loyalty, betrayal, and sex. Despite the death that overwhelmed Florence, Boccaccio’s collection of novelle was, in Guido Ruggiero’s words, a “symphony of life.” Love and Sex in the Time of Plague guides twenty-first-century readers back to Boccaccio’s world to recapture how his work sounded to fourteenth-century ears. Through insightful discussions of the Decameron’s cherished stories and deep portraits of Florentine culture, Ruggiero explores love and sexual relations in a society undergoing convulsive change. In the century before the plague arrived, Florence had become one of the richest and most powerful cities in Europe. With the medieval nobility in decline, a new polity was emerging, driven by Il Popolo—the people, fractious and enterprising. Boccaccio’s stories had a special resonance in this age of upheaval, as Florentines sought new notions of truth and virtue to meet both the despair and the possibility of the moment.

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Harvard University Press

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0674259564

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9780674259560

Book's by Guido Cavalcanti

The Metabolism of Desire

The Metabolism of Desire

The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

The Selected Poetry of Guido Cavalcanti

The Metabolism of Desire

The Metabolism of Desire

As Gods Among Men

As Gods Among Men

Gramsci Contested: Interpretations, Debates, and Polemics, 1922--2012

Gramsci Contested: Interpretations, Debates, and Polemics, 1922--2012

On Modern Poetry

On Modern Poetry

The Renaissance in Italy

The Renaissance in Italy

Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects

Infinitive Constructions with Specified Subjects

Apollo and Vulcan

Apollo and Vulcan

Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

Love and Sex in the Time of Plague

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