{"product_id":"the-allegory-of-love-in-the-early-renaissance-francesco-colonnas-hypnerotomachia-poliphili-and-its-european-context-paperback","title":"The Allegory of Love in the Early Renaissance: Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and its European Context - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Calum O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as 'the most beautiful book ever printed' previous research has focused on the printing history of the \u003ci\u003eHypnerotomachia\u003c\/i\u003e and its copious literary sources. This monograph critically engages with the narrative of the \u003ci\u003eHypnerotomachia \u003c\/i\u003eand with Poliphilo as a character within this narrative, placing it within its European literary context. Using narratological analysis, it examines the journey of Poliphilo and the series of symbolic, allegorical, and metaphorical experiences narrated by him that are indicative of his metamorphosing interiority. It analyses the relationship between Poliphilo and his external surroundings in sequences of the narrative pertaining to thresholds; the symbolic architectural, topographical, and garden forms and spaces; and Poliphilo's transforming interior passions including his love of antiquarianism, language, and Polia, the latter of which leads to his elegiac description of lovesickness, besides examinations of numerosophical symbolism in number, form, and proportion of the architectural descriptions and how they relate to the narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Calum O'Neill\u003c\/strong\u003e is a literary and art historian specialising in Italian medieval and Renaissance literature, fine art and architecture. His PhD was conducted at Durham University on 'Self-Transformation in the \u003ci\u003eHypnerotomachia Poliphili\u003c\/i\u003e' which is now published by Routledge under the title \u003cem\u003eThe Allegory of Love in the Early Renaissance: Francesco Colonna's Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and its European Context\u003c\/em\u003e. Currently, O'Neill's research focuses on botanical, architectural, antiquarian and narratological analysis in the \u003cem\u003eHypnerotomachia Poliphili\u003c\/em\u003e as a locus for the convergence of philosophic, elegiac, antiquarian and medical traditions, pertaining to both medieval and humanist cultures, with a focus on northern Italian and Venetian society during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 18, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67625660350566,"sku":"9781032389851","price":109.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/fAXjvz-rHp9781032389851.webp?v=1791132696","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-allegory-of-love-in-the-early-renaissance-francesco-colonnas-hypnerotomachia-poliphili-and-its-european-context-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}