Description
From the dawn of the early modern period around 1400 until the eighteenth century, Latin was still the European language and its influence extended as far as Asia and the Americas. At the same time, the production of Latin writing exploded thanks to book printing and new literary and cultural dynamics. Latin also entered into a complex interplay with the rising vernacular languages. This Handbook gives an accessible survey of the main genres, contexts, and regions of Neo-Latin, as we have come to call Latin writing composed in the wake of Petrarch (1304-74). Its emphasis is on the period of Neo-Latin's greatest cultural relevance, from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Its chapters, written by specialists in the field, present individual methodologies and focuses while retaining an introductory character. The Handbook will be valuable to all readers wanting to orientate themselves in the immense ocean of Neo-Latin literature and culture. It will be particularly helpful for those working on early modern languages and literatures as well as to classicists working on the culture of ancient Rome, its early modern reception and the shifting characteristics of post-classical Latin language and literature. Political, social, cultural and intellectual historians will find much relevant material in the Handbook, and it will provide a rich range of material to scholars researching the history of their respective geographical areas of interest.
Table of Contents
Notes on ContributorsAbbreviationsIntroduction, Sarah Knight and Stefan TilgPart I. Language and Genre 1 Classical Latin-Mediaeval Latin-Neo-Latin, Keith Sidwell 2 Neo-Latin's Interplay with Other Languages, Demmy Verbeke 3 Lyric Poetry, Victoria Moul 4 Narrative Poetry, Florian Schaffenrath 5 Epigram and Occasional Poetry, David Money 6 Comedy, Stefan Tilg 7 Tragedy, Gary Grund 8 Oratory, Marc Van Der Poel 9 Political Advice, Erik de Bom 10 Historiography, Patrick Baker 11 Letters, Jan Papy 12 Fiction, Mark T. Riley 13 Satire, Ingrid De SmetPart II. Cultural Contexts 14 School, Robert Black 15 University, Sarah Knight 16 Philosophy, Guido Giglioni 17 Science and Medicine, Brian Ogilvie 18 Contacts with the Arab World, Dag Nikolaus Hasse 19 Biblical Humanism, Andrew Taylor 20 Catholicism, Jason Harris 21 Protestantism, Irena Backus 22 Political Action, Marc Laureys 23 Gender, Diana Robin24 Social Status, Fran?oise WaquetPart III. Countries and Regions 25 Italy, David Marsh 26 France, Paul White 27 British Isles, Estelle Haan 28 German-Speaking Countries, Robert Seidel 29 Iberian Peninsula, Alejandro Coroleu and Catarina Fouto 30 Low Countries, Dirk Sacr? 31 Scandinavia, Peter Zeeberg and Annika Str?m 32 East-Central Europe, Cristina Neagu 33 Colonial Spanish America and Brazil, Andrew Laird 34 North America, Jean-Fran?ois Cottier, Haijo Westra, and John Gallucci 35 Asia, No?l GolversGeneral References, Sarah Knight and Stefan Tilg
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