John Florio
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I'm Marianna Iannaccone, Phd student, researching John Florio, Anglo-Italian translator, linguist, tutor and poet.
My article on the Explicator: Vol. 83, Issue 1 (2025) "John Florio's Second Fruits and the Theatre of Life"
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John Florio’s Second Fruits and the Theater of Life
Published in The Explicator (Vol. 83, No. 1, 2025)
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March 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My article on the Explicator: Vol. 83, Issue 1 (2025) "John Florio's Second Fruits and the Theatre of Life"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I just looked up "mushrumps" - seems it wasn't invented by Will.I.Am S., but by John Florio (1598). Means 1) mushroom, or 2) upstart. Fun word!
January 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I just looked up "mushrumps" - seems it wasn't invented by Will.I.Am S., but by John Florio (1598). Means 1) mushroom, or 2) upstart. Fun word!
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In June 1616, the alchemist George Erskine fell out with his brother Viscount Fenton, and secretly wrote a letter in Italian to Anna of Denmark to prevent him gaining the lands at Carnbee, beside Kellie Castle. John Florio was asked to translate the letter, and told Fenton (HMC Mar & Kellie, 2:62)
January 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In June 1616, the alchemist George Erskine fell out with his brother Viscount Fenton, and secretly wrote a letter in Italian to Anna of Denmark to prevent him gaining the lands at Carnbee, beside Kellie Castle. John Florio was asked to translate the letter, and told Fenton (HMC Mar & Kellie, 2:62)
"The most difficult thing that is, Love makes it easy: the hardest thing that is, Love makes it soft: the most perilous thing that is, Love will venture to bring it to pass." - John Florio, First Fruits, 1578. #love #quotes
a man and a woman are looking at each other in front of a fish tank
ALT: a man and a woman are looking at each other in front of a fish tank
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January 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
November 14, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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People familiar with Early Modern English, what word is “bedrowle” in John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s III.8 “Of the Arte of conferring”?
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
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“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
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Of the Arte of conferring - The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Chapter 8 of Book 3 of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne translated by John Florio
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September 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM
People familiar with Early Modern English, what word is “bedrowle” in John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s III.8 “Of the Arte of conferring”?
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
hyperessays.net/florio/book/...
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
hyperessays.net/florio/book/...