Family, vocation, and humanism in the Italian Renaissance /

"By examining the letters, autobiographies, dialogues, polemics, and fictional works of the early Italian humanists, such as Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giovanni Conversini, and Leon Battista Alberti, this book shows how Italian humanists wrestled with the crisis of vocational choice amid struggles wi...

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Main Author: McClure, George W., 1951- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
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Summary:"By examining the letters, autobiographies, dialogues, polemics, and fictional works of the early Italian humanists, such as Petrarch, Boccaccio, Giovanni Conversini, and Leon Battista Alberti, this book shows how Italian humanists wrestled with the crisis of vocational choice amid struggles with natal and conjugal families"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:viii, 218 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009629270
1009629271
9781009629324
1009629328