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January 07, 2014

Book Review: The Long Voyage

January 07, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

An extremely generous collection of letters by the great 20th century tastemaker in books, Malcolm Cowley

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January 07, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
hans bak, harvard university press, January 2014, Malcolm Cowley, open letters weekly, robert cowley, the long voyage, the selected letters of malcolm cowley
June 09, 2013

Classics Reissued: On Exile

June 09, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The signature work by one of the prickly fathers of the Italian Renaissance humanism gets its inaugural print edition in the latest offering from Harvard's magnificent I Tatti Renaissance Library

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June 09, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
classics, francesco filelfo, harvard university press, history, i tatti library, italian renaissance, jeroen de keyser, June 2013, on exile, open letters weekly, w- scott blanchard
October 09, 2012

Book Review: Commentaries on Plato

October 09, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Marsilio Ficino's enormous commentary on the Parmenides of Plato receives a fantastic scholarly edition from - who else? - Harvard's I Tatti Renaissance Library

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October 09, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
Aristotle, classics, harvard university press, i tatti renaissance library, marsilio ficino, maude vanhaelen, neoplatonism, October 2012, parmendies, philosophy, Plato
September 11, 2012

Emma: An Annotated Edition

September 11, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

Belknap Press produces a big, attractive, and lovingly annotated edition of Jane Austen's peak-of-her-career novel "Emma" - perfect for newcomers and those who know every line by heart.

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September 11, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
belknap press, bharat tandon, Emma, emma: an annotated edition, harvard university press, jane austen, September 2012
September 18, 2011

Book Review: Letters to Friends

September 18, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Sooner or later, Harvard's glorious I Tatti Renaissance Library gets around to everybody.

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September 18, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
alessandro daneloni, bartolomeo fonzio, harvard university press, i tatti renaissance library, letters to friends, martin davies, renaissance literature, September 2011
May 23, 2011

Book Review: Geneaology of the Pagan Gods

May 23, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A massive, lively, entertaining work by Boccaccio that isn't "The Decameron"

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May 23, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
boccaccio, genealogy of the pagan gods, harvard university press, i tatti, i tatti renaissance library, jon solomon, May 2011
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