John Florio: The Life of an Italian in Shakespeare's England

By Frances A. Yates

Book Overview

John Florio is best known to the present day for his great translation of Montaigne's Essays. To his contemporaries he was one of the most conspicuous figures of the literary and social cliques of the time. By her reconstruction of Florio's life and character, Frances Yates' 1934 text throws light upon the vexed question of his relations with Shakespeare.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521170745
• ISBN13: 9780521170741
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"