This book is a history of the culture of the Italian Renaissance in a period (roughly 1400–1550) in which contemporaries claimed that art and literature was ‘reborn’. Paradoxical as it may seem, the Renaissance movement was a systematic attempt to go forward by going back – in other words, to break with medieval tradition by following an older model, that of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Hundr...

nizar qabani, a great modern arab poet, is best known for his poetry on women and politics. however in his political poems there are some conspicuous realistic veins which reflect the special effects of geography, customs, religion, traditions, and thought across the arab world on realism as a literary school. the mission of arabic literature is to reflect the realities of arab societies, which...

Fracastoro was, like Leonardo, a universal man, and, perhaps for that very reason, has lacked an adequate biography. Rossi is jejune and outdated, and the harvest of Fracastoro's manuscripts is only just beginning. Hence, the old biography of W. P. Greswell, 1801, ed. 2, 1805, still has its uses, for it concentrates almost entirely on Fracastoro as a poet and philosopher and uses many primary t...

this paper reviews the elegy themes of imam hussein (as) in the epic of ‘eid ghadir’ composed by christian poet boolos salama, and begins with the introduction of the ashura literature and especially poetry surrounding imam hussein. this article talks about the laborious life of poet and his compilations especially his great islamic epic, which is famous in the field of literature, and also tal...

[The] assimilation of [the poet] to another, either by the use of voice or gesture, is the imitation of the person whose character he assumes[.] [...] Then in this case the narrative of the poet may be said to proceed by way of imitation[.] [...] Or, if the poet everywhere appears and never conceals himself, then again the imitation is dropped, and his poetry becomes simple narration. (Book III...

the foundation of anatomy and medicine is based on the efforts of the daring and genius scholars, and those who had the intensity to change the situation. a professor at the university of padua, the belgian anatomist andreas vesalius is one of such great pioneers who, 502 years later, is still known as a great scholar and revolutionary anatomist. he wrote a book entitled “fabrica” in anatomy in...

The role of the humanities (eg, philosophy, bioethics, literature, music, theater, religion, anthropology) in medical education has been argued long and hard for decades. It is argued that the study of subjects included in the humanities can enhance critical thinking skills, foster a deeper level of learning and understanding, and help to enhance one's level of compassion, empathy, and moral/et...

Mahakavi Bharathi, a multi-lingual poet, loved language, nationality, and culture. He was keen to end the differences between people. is creator of new world by throwing spear writing. wiped out thinking "I" planted tradition "We". spread feeling that human race one despite in language. did not think his language race; he respected all living beings as single group. Therefore, Bharathi looked i...