The reception of Aristotle's Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and beyond : new directions in criticism.

Brazeau, Bryan (ed.).

ISBN 10: 135007893X / ISBN 13: 9781350078932

Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

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London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. Hardcover. x, 299 pp. Contents : Introduction / Bryan Brazeau -- A scholar-collector in mid-century Chicago : the books of Bernard Weinberg / Eufemia Baldassarre, Paul F. Gehl and Lia Markey -- Sound Aristotelians and how they read / Micha Lazarus -- Inventing a Renaissance : modernity, allegory and the history of literary theory / Vladimir Brljak -- Shedding light on the readings of Aristotle's Poetics developed within the Alterati of Florence (1569-c.1630) : from manuscript studies to the social and political history of aesthetics / Deb orah Blocker -- Quarrelling over Dante : revisiting Weinberg on the first phase of the quarrel and on Sperone Speroni's second Discorso sopra Dante / Simon Gilson -- Poetics in practice : how Orazio Lombardelli read his Homer / Sarah Van der Laan -- Epic (in)hospitality : the case of Tasso / Jane Tylus -- Soul to squeeze : emotional history and early modern readings of Aristotle's Poetics / Bryan Brazeau -- Critical imitatio: Renaissance literary theory and its postmodern avatars / Ayesha Ramachandran -- Appendix. Early modern books in he library of Bernard Weinberg / Eufemia Baldassare, Paul Gehl and Lia Markey. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9781350078932. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The reception of Aristotle's Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and beyond : new directions in criticism.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 135007893X
• ISBN 13: 9781350078932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: as new

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Synopsis

Using new and cutting-edge perspectives, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle's Poetics in early modern Italy. Written by leading international scholars, the chapters examine the current state of the field and set out new directions for future study.

The reception of classical texts of literary criticism, such as Horace's Ars Poetica, Longinus's On the Sublime, and most importantly, Aristotle's Poetics was a crucial part of the intellectual culture of Renaissance Italy. Revisiting the translations, commentaries, lectures, and polemic treatises produced, the contributors apply new interdisciplinary methods from book history, translation studies, history of the emotions and classical reception to them. Placing several early modern Italian poetic texts in dialogue with twentieth-century literary theory for the first time, The Reception of Aristotle's Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and Beyond models contemporary practice and maps out avenues for future study.

About the Authors

Bryan Brazeau is Senior Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts, University of Warwick, UK.

Marco Sgarbi is Professor of the History of Philosophy at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy.