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^£\f\h ./C-eV'V Giovanni della Casa's Poem Book loannis Casae Carminum Liber Florence 1564 xexTS & STuDies Volume 194 Neo-Latin Texts and Translations Volume 1 Giovanni della Casa's Poem Book loannis Casae Carminum Liber Florence 1564 & Edited Translated into Verse with Commentary by John B. Van Sickle Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Tempe, Arizona 1999 Thephotograph that appears on page vii is reprinted courtesy of Alinari/Art Resource, New York. ® Copyright 1999 Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Delia Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556. & [Poems. English Latin. Selections] Giovanni DeliaCasa'spoembook = loannis[i.e.Jonnis] Casae carminum liber / edited & translated into verse with commentary by John B. Van Sickle. — & & p. cm. (Medieval Renaissance Texts Studies ; v. 194) ISBN 0-86698-236-1 (alk. paper) 1.DeliaCase,Giovanni, 1503-1556—Translations intoEnglish. 2. Pastoral — poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy Translations into English. — — — 3. City andtown life Italy—Poetry. 4. Country life Italy Poetry. I. Van Sickle, John. II. Title. III. Title: loannis Casae carminum liber. IV. Title: & & Jonnis Casae carminum liber. V. Series: Medieval Renaissance Texts Studies (Series) v. 194. ; PA8485.D636A28 1999 871*.04-dc21 99-19158 CIP This book is made to last. It is set in Garamond, smythe-sewn and printed on acid-free paper to library specifications. Printed in the United States ofAmerica CONTENTS Preface IX Introduction I The Literary Fate 1 n The Life in Letters and Poems 5 in The System and Poetics of the Book 28 rV The History of the Edition 31 The Poem Book I A Country Cure for the Sick City 40 II The City Blamed for Sickness in the Poet 42 III The Heahhy Style of Poetic Life 44 IV The City Women Blamed 50 V To Flee the City for a Cure 52 VI Honoring a Florentine Master's Gifts 54 VII Warning against Sly Flattery 58 VIII Warning against Shifty Fortune 60 DC Praising the Healer of the West 62 X A Brief for Brevity in the Book 68 XI Honoring a Princess, Blaming Himself 68 XII Consoling a Princess, Praising a Hero 70 XIII Praising a Florentine Master's Gifts ' 74 XIV-VI No Cure for a Country 111 76 Commentary and Notes 79 Appendices I Punctuation Sampler 117 II Selected Letters 119 Bibliography 147 Index 151
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