Printing Virgil : the transformation of the classics in the Renaissance / Craig Kallendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kallendorf, Craig, author.

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts; volume 23.

Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts; volume 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--History--16th century.

Printing.

Europe--Intellectual life--16th century.

Europe.

Virgil--Appreciation.

Virgil.

Virgil--Criticism and interpretation--History--16th century.

Virgil--Translations--History--16th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2020.

Summary:

"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".

Contents:

Introduction. Data ; Method ; Application

Commentary. Introduction ; Definition ; Survey ; Function ; Conclusion

Translation. Introduction ; Italy ; France ; Translations into other languages ; Conclusion

Canonization. Introduction ; The Opuscula and its authorship ; The Opuscula rhetoricized ; Conclusion

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

Censorship. Introduction ; Taxonomy ; Conclusion

Conclusion. Virgil transformed ; Final thoughts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-42135-1

OCLC:

1126356605

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004421356 DOI