Selected philosophical poems of Tommaso Campanella /

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Author / Creator:	Campanella, Tommaso, 1568-1639.
Uniform title:	Poems. Selections. English & Italian
Edition:	Bilingual ed.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (247 pages)
Language:	English Italian
Series:	Bruniana & Campanelliana Selected philosophical poems of Tommaso Campanella
Subject:	Campanella, Tommaso, -- 1568-1639. Campanella, Tommaso, -- 1568-1639. Poetry, Medieval. Poetry, Medieval. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11260214

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Other authors / contributors:	Roush, Sherry.
ISBN:	9780226092072 0226092070 9780226092058 0226092054
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index. Parallel text in English and Italian. Print version record.
Summary:	A contemporary of Giordano Bruno and Galileo, Tommaso Campanella (1568-1639) was a controversial philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet who was persecuted during the Inquisition and spent much of his adult life imprisoned because of his heterodox views. He is best known today for two works: The City of the Sun, a dialogue inspired by Plato's Republic, in which he prophesies a vision of a unified, peaceful world governed by a theocratic monarchy; and his well-meaning Defense of Galileo, which may have done Galileo more harm than good because of Campanella's p.
Other form:	Print version: Campanella, Tommaso, 1568-1639. Poems. English & Italian. Selections. 2011. Selected philosophical poems of Tommaso Campanella. Bilingual ed. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011 9780226092058

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