Printing Virgil

The Transformation of the Classics in the Renaissance

Craig Kallendorf (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

204 Seiten

2019
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-42134-9 (ISBN)

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In this work Craig Kallendorf argues that the printing press played a crucial, and previously unrecognized, role in the reception of the Roman poet Virgil in the Renaissance, transforming his work into poetry that was both classical and postclassical.

In this work Craig Kallendorf argues that the printing press played a crucial, and previously unrecognized, role in the reception of the Roman poet Virgil in the Renaissance. Using a new methodology developed at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Printing Virgil shows that the press established which commentaries were disseminated, provided signals for how the Virgilian translations were to be interpreted, shaped the discussion about the authenticity of the minor poems attributed to Virgil, and inserted this material into larger censorship concerns. The editions that were printed during this period transformed Virgil into a poet who could fit into Renaissance culture, but they also determined which aspects of his work could become visible at that time.

Craig Kallendorf, Ph.D. (1982), University of North Carolina, is Professor of English and Classics at Texas A&M University. He has written or edited twenty-five books in the fields of classical reception and book history.

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

1 Introduction

1 Data

2 Method

3 Application

2 Commentary

1 Introduction

2 Definition

3 Survey

4 Function

5 Conclusion

3 Translation

1 Introduction

2 Italy

3 France

4 Translations into Other Languages

5 Conclusion

4 Canonization

1 Introduction

2 The Opuscula and Its Authorship

3 The Opuscula Rhetoricized

4 Conclusion

Appendix: the Opuscula in Renaissance Editions of Virgil Printed in Venice

5 Censorship

1 Introduction

2 Taxonomy

3 Conclusion

6 Conclusion

1 Virgil Transformed

2 Final Thoughts

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts ; 23
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	455 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-04-42134-3 / 9004421343
ISBN-13	978-90-04-42134-9 / 9789004421349
Zustand	Neuware