Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: "the Strife of Love in a Dream" by Francesco Colonna

Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: "the Strife of Love in a Dream"

Francesco Colonna with Joscelyn Godwin (Translator)

474 pages • first pub 1499 (editions)

fiction art classics challenging reflective slow-paced
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It is a strange, pagan, pedantic, erotic, allegorical, mythological romance relating in highly stylized Italian the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author (presumed to be Francesco Colonna, a friar of dubious reputation) was obsessed...

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