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Printing Virgil: The Transformation of the Classics in the Renaissance (Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts, 23) Hardcover – December 5, 2019

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Management number 220806336 Release Date 2026/05/03 List Price $58.93 Model Number 220806336
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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. Read more

ISBN10 9004421343
ISBN13 978-9004421349
Edition 1st
Language English
Publisher Brill
Dimensions 6.2 x 0.6 x 9.3 inches
Item Weight 14.4 ounces
Print length 204 pages
Publication date December 5, 2019

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