RT Book
T1 Virgil in the Renaissance
A1 Wilson-Okamura, David Scott 1970-
LA English
PP Cambridge u.a.
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2010
ED 1. publ.
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/616301847
AB "The disciplines of classical scholarship were established in their modern form between 1300 and 1600, and Virgil was a test case for many of them. This book is concerned with what became of Virgil in this period, how he was understood, and how his poems were recycled. What did readers assume about Virgil in the long decades between Dante and Sidney, Petrarch and Spenser, Boccaccio and Ariosto? Which commentators had the most influence? What story, if any, was Virgil's Eclogues supposed to tell? What was the status of his Georgics? Which parts of his epic attracted the most imitators? Building on specialized scholarship of the last hundred years, this book provides a panoramic synthesis of what scholars and poets from across Europe believed they could know about Virgil's life and poetry"--Provided by publisher
AB "Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly. It is a rich tale and strange, even for one poet, and when that poet is Virgil, a central author in the European tradition, the interest - and the intricacy - are both magnified"--Provided by publisher
AB "The disciplines of classical scholarship were established in their modern form between 1300 and 1600, and Virgil was a test case for many of them. This book is concerned with what became of Virgil in this period, how he was understood, and how his poems were recycled. What did readers assume about Virgil in the long decades between Dante and Sidney, Petrarch and Spenser, Boccaccio and Ariosto? Which commentators had the most influence? What story, if any, was Virgil's Eclogues supposed to tell? What was the status of his Georgics? Which parts of his epic attracted the most imitators? Building on specialized scholarship of the last hundred years, this book provides a panoramic synthesis of what scholars and poets from across Europe believed they could know about Virgil's life and poetry"--Provided by publisher
CN PA6825
SN 9780521198127
SN 0521198127
K1 Virgil : Appreciation : Europe
K1 Virgil : Influence
K1 European literature : Renaissance, 1450-1600 : Classical influences
K1 Literature, Medieval : Classical influences
K1 Authors and readers : Europe : History : To 1500
K1 Authors and readers : Europe : History : 16th century