Hieronymus Angerianus

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Hieronymus Angerianus (Gerolamo or Girolamo Angeriano) (c. 1480 but disputed [see below] –1535) was an influential Italian neo-Latin poet from Apulia. He retired at a young age from the life of the Neapolitan court, to the family estates at Ariano di Puglia.[1]

His Erōtoπαιγνιον (Erotopaegnion), an epigram collection, was published in 1512 in Florence. He was published in 1582 in the Poetae Tres Elegantissimi (Paris), with Joannes Secundus and .

Sources differ considerably on his birth year, with some stating 1470,[2][3] others giving "c. 1480"[4][5] and another c. 1490.[6]

English literature[]

His influence has been traced in Giles Fletcher.[7] He was later translated by Walter Harte[8] and Thomas Moore.

References[]

  • Allan M. Wilson (editor) (1995), The Erotopaegnion: A Trifling Book of Love of Girolamo Angeriano

Notes[]

  1. ^ Davide Canfora, Culture and Power in Naples from 1450 to 1650, p. 89, in Martin Gosman, Alasdair A. MacDonald, Arie Johan Vanderjagt (editors), Princes and Princely Culture, 1450-1650 (2003).
  2. ^ Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" Archived 2009-05-27 at WebCite at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009
  3. ^ Schnur, Rhoda and Roger P. H. Green, Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Abulensis: proceedings of the tenth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Ávila, 4-9 August 1997, p 11, Published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000, ISBN 0-86698-249-3, ISBN 978-0-86698-249-8, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
  4. ^ Perosa, Allesandro and John Hanbury, Angus Sparrow, Renaissance Latin verse: an anthology, p xi and p 222, University of North Carolina Press, 1979, ISBN 0-8078-1350-8, ISBN 978-0-8078-1350-8, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
  5. ^ Gorni, Guglielmo and Massimo Danzi, Silvia Longhi Poeti lirici, burleschi, satirici e didascalici, p 376, published by Ricciardi, 2001, ISBN 88-7817-004-6, ISBN 978-88-7817-004-9, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
  6. ^ Grant, William Leonard, Neo-Latin literature and the pastoral, p 144, University of North Carolina Press, 1965, ("Equally unimportant are two eclogues of Girolamo Angeriano of Naples (ca. 1490-1535),"), retrieved via Google Books (quote appears on search results page with multiple results, not page devoted to the book), May 21, 2009
  7. ^ Full text of "Shakespeares Lucrece : being a reproduction in facsimile of the first edition, 1594, from the copy in the Malone collection in the Bodleian library, with introduction and bibliography"
  8. ^ Selected Work of Harte, Walter (1709-1774)[permanent dead link]
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