Lorenzo De Medici Selected Poems And Prose

This Is The First Book-length Collection In English Of The Literary Works Of Lorenzo Demedici, The Major Poetic Voice Of The Florentine Resistance.lorenzo Demedici (1449-92) Was The Ruler Of Florence And The Principal Statesman Of His Time. A Contemporary Of Columbus, Lorenzo Is Hardly Known In The English-speaking World As A Major Quattrocento Writer, Author Of A Large And Varied Body Of Poetry As Well As An Important Literary Treatise. His Poetry And Patronage Were Instrumental In Renewing The Vernacular Literature Of His Age After A Period Of Stagnation.that Lorenzos Literary Writings Were For The Most Part Never Translated Is A Fascinating Curiosity Of History, Attributable To The Irreverent, Bawdy Subject Matter Of Many Of His Poems, Objections To His Authoritarian Politics, And The Unconventional Features Of His Poetic Realism.