Vincenzo Maggi
Vincenzo Maggi (* 1498 in Brescia , † 1564 in Ferrara ) was an Italian man of letters and philosopher.
Maggi worked with Bartolomeo Lombardi on the Latin translation of Aristotle's Poetics (published 1550).
His comedy theory in De ridiculis (1550), which he published as an appendix to the commentary on the poetics of Aristotle, is particularly well known .
literature
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De Ridiculis (1550) . In: Bernhard Weinberg (ed.): Trattati di poetica e retorica del cinquecento (= Scrittori d'Italia, No. 248). Laterza, Bari 1970, pp. 91-125.
- Italian translation in: Enrico Musacchio and Sandro Cordeschi: Il riso nelle poetiche rinascimentali . Cappelli edizioni, Bologna 1985.
- together with Bartolomeo Lombardi: Vincentii Madii Brixiani et Bartholomaei Lombardi Veronensis in Aristotelis librum “De Poetica” communes explanationes. Madii vero in a librum propriae annotationes. Eiusdem de Ridiculis, et in Horatii librum de arte Poetica interpretatio. In fronte preaeterea operis apposita est Lombardi in Aristotelis Poeticam praefatio . Officina Erasmiana Vincentii Valgrisii, Venice 1550. In: Poetiken des Cinquecento . Fink Verlag, Munich 1969.
Web links
- Literature by and about Vincenzo Maggi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography (ital.)
- Wolfgang Wildgen: Giordano Bruno's comedy “Candelaio” in the context of his philosophy, memory theory and physiognomics
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maggi, Vincenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1498 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brescia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1564 |
| Place of death | Ferrara |