To the glory that was Greece : ideas, ideals and practices in composing Humanist Greek during the seventeenth century / Tua Korhonen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Korhonen, Tua, author.

Contributor:

Suomen Tiedeseura, sponsoring body, issuing body.

Series:

Commentationes humanarum litterarum ; 143.

Commentationes humanarum litterarum, 0069-6587 ; 143, 2022

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Subjects (All):

Greek literature, Modern--1453-1800--History and criticism.

Greek literature, Modern.

Greek literature, Modern--Finland--1453-1800.

Greek language, Medieval and late.

Greek language, Medieval and late--Finland.

Europe--Intellectual life--17th century.

Europe.

Intellectual life.

Finland.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

411 pages : facsimile ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

Ideas, ideals and practices in composing Humanist Greek during the seventeenth century

Place of Publication:

Helsinki : Societas Scientiarum Fennica = The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English with scattered Greek.

Summary:

This book presents the general features of quite a small Greek corpus (around 400 texts) from Finland and some features and texts of the other Nordic Greek corpora in general for an international audience. Compared to the central European material, especially the Greek texts written in Germany, the Turku Greek Corpus contains mostly short and conventional Greek texts. However, this corpus can function as a comparison material for larger corpora. Furthermore, although the quality of these texts might leave a lot to be desired, the Turku Greek Corpus is part of a larger, still understudied, phenomenon, the Humanist Greek culture. This book aims to justify the use of the term Humanist Greek and to delimit its use in the early modern period and ending with the coming of the era of Neohumanismus.

Contents:

What is Humanist Greek? An introduction

Cultivating Greek writing

Perceptions and uses of Greek language

Deconstructing occasional academic texts

Greek in Finland. Three case studies

Concluding reflections. Greek at the edges of Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789516534889

9516534880

OCLC:

1368026219