Chapter Four “The Power to Stir Up Others”: Lorenzo de’ Medici and Improvisation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. The Uses of Oral Poetry in Quattrocento Florence 19
7. Chapter Two “Inspired and Possessed”: Marsilio Ficino and Oral Poetry 42
8. Chapter Three “Secret Frenzies”: Angelo Poliziano and Invention 71
9. Chapter Four “The Power to Stir Up Others”: Lorenzo de’ Medici and Improvisation 98
10. Chapter Five. The Improvisor and the World of the Courts 121
11. Conclusion 145
12. Notes 159
13. Bibliography 209
14. Index 225