Introduction

Part I: The Poliziano-Cortesi Exchange (mid-1480s)

1. Letter from Angelo Poliziano to Paolo Cortesi

2. Letter from Paolo Cortesi to Angelo Poliziano

Part II: The Pico-Bembo Exchange (1512/13)

3. Gianfrancesco Pico, On Imitation, to Pietro Bembo

4. Letter from Pietro Bembo to Gianfrancesco Pico

5. Letter from Gianfrancesco Pico to Pietro Bembo

Part III: The Cinzio-Calcagnini-Lilio Exchange (1532/37)

6. Letter from Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio to Celio Calcagnini

7. Letter from Celio Calcagnini to Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio

8. Celio Calcagnini, On Imitation, to Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio

9. Letter from Lilio Gregorio Giraldi to Giambattista Giraldi Cinzio

Part IV: The Possevino Treatises (1593/1603)

10. From the Cicero, On the Technique of Writing Letters: On the Art of Speaking, including Ecclesiastical Speech

11. From the Bibliotheca Selecta, Book 18: On the Art of Composing Letters

Note on the Text and Translation

Notes to the Texts

Notes to the Translation

Bibliography

Index

JoAnn DellaNeva is Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Notre Dame.

Brian Duvick is an Instructor in Philosophy, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.