The aim of this article is to draw attention to ‘literary’ names in human- ist epistolography, by means of examples of interpretation and of an ironic, mocking and disruptive playing with names, taken mainly from the epistulae familiares of prominent late fifteenth-century intellectuals. The first part of my paper contains a selection of names from the correspondence of Marcantonio Sabellico. The second, which includes other literary genres, examines the case of Angelo Poliziano, whose cognomen seems to have been specially designed for readings that were either adula- tory or witty, and sometimes simply offensive, in the writings of his contemporaries.
Commodum cognomen adeptum esse intelligam. Il nome di Poliziano (e altri casi) nell’epistolografia umanistica / Laneri, Maria Teresa Rosaria. - In: IL NOME NEL TESTO. - ISSN 1591-7622. - XXIV:(2022), pp. 117-128.
Commodum cognomen adeptum esse intelligam. Il nome di Poliziano (e altri casi) nell’epistolografia umanistica
Maria Teresa Laneri
2022-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this article is to draw attention to ‘literary’ names in human- ist epistolography, by means of examples of interpretation and of an ironic, mocking and disruptive playing with names, taken mainly from the epistulae familiares of prominent late fifteenth-century intellectuals. The first part of my paper contains a selection of names from the correspondence of Marcantonio Sabellico. The second, which includes other literary genres, examines the case of Angelo Poliziano, whose cognomen seems to have been specially designed for readings that were either adula- tory or witty, and sometimes simply offensive, in the writings of his contemporaries.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.