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

Frances Yates' 1934 text throws light upon the vexed question of John Florio's relations with Shakespeare.

Frances A. Yates (Author)

9780521170741, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 14 April 2011

374 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg

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.

1. John Florio's father
2. The First Fruits
3. Early friends and acquaintances
4. At the French Embassy
5. Florio and Bruno
6. The Second Fruits
7. John Eliot's Fruits
8. Eliot and Harvey
9. The dictionary and 'H. S.'
10. The translation of Montaigne
11. At court
12. Literary activities whilst at court
13. Retirement and last years
14. Torriano and Florio's manuscripts
Conclusion: Florio and Shakespeare
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]