A handbook to classical reception in eastern and central Europe

A handbook to classical reception in eastern and central Europe / edited by Zara Martirosova Torlone, Dana Lacourse Munteanu, Dorota Dutsch.

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Other Authors: Torlone, Zara M. (Editor), Munteanu, Dana LaCourse, 1972- (Editor), Dutsch, Dorota (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017.
Subjects:
Classical literature > Appreciation > Europe, Eastern.
Classical literature > Appreciation > Europe, Central.
Classical literature > Appreciation > Russia (Federation)
Classical literature > Appreciation > Georgia (Republic)
Classical literature > Appreciation > Armenia (Republic)
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Classical literature > Appreciation
Armenia (Republic)
Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Georgia (Republic)
Russia (Federation)
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Table of Contents:
  • Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Why This Volume?; Contexts; Challenges: Competition, Marxist Demotion, and Pragmatism; Reinstatements: Imaginary Realms and Redefinitions of the Classics ; Trajectory; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I Croatia; Chapter 1 Classical Reception in Croatia: An Introduction; A Civilization and a Takeover; A Father and a Metonymy; The Illyrians and Saint Jerome; Aristotle, Olympiad, Sarcophagus, Pirates; References.
  • Chapter 2 Pula and Split: The Early Modern Tale(s) of Two Ancient Cities Introduction; Pula and Split: Antiquity in the Early Modern Urban Context; The Renaissance Fortune of Pula Antiquities and the Three Drawings of Split; Rediscovering Pula in the Eighteenth Century; Split Arouses International Interest: The Diocletian Palace in the Eighteenth Century; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Croatian Neo-Latin Literature and Its Uses ; Cadmus in Dalmatia: Thomas the Archdeacon of Split (c.1200-1268)1; Peaches in a Letter: Ilija Crijević (1463-1520).
  • From the Borderline: Nikola Mikac (1592) and Bartol Kašić (1575-1650)A Philological Joke: Ignjat Đurđević (1675-1737); Language from Another World: Ton Smerdel (1904-1970); Conclusion; Note; References; Chapter 4 The First Dalmatian Humanists and the Classics: A Manuscript Perspective ; Men of Empire and the Classics: The Diffusion of Venetian Patrician Humanism; Provincial Elites and the Classics: The First Two Generations of Dalmatian Patrician Humanism; The Third Generation Arises: Snippets from the Classroom (MS BAV Vat. lat. 5174).
  • Ancient Past and Contemporary Politics: Ilija Banjvarić, Curtius Rufus, and the Origins of the Turks (MS BL Add. 6794)Some Considerations and Further Directions; Manuscripts Cited; References; Chapter 5 The Swan Song of the Latin Homer ; Introduction; Kunić and Zamanja: Parallel Lives; Arcadia: Il buon gusto; Kunić and His Iliad; Zamanja and His Odyssey; Conclusion and Suggestions for the Future; Notes; References; Part II Slovenia; Chapter 6 Classical Reception in Slovenia: An Introduction ; References; Chapter 7 Collecting Roman Inscriptions Beyond the Alps: Augustinus Tyfernus.
  • Roman Stone Monuments: An Almost Lost TreasureAugustinus Tyfernus: A Few Biographical Notes; Tyfernus' Manuscript Epigraphic Collections; Who Was Antiquus Austriacus?; Tyfernus as a Collector of Roman Inscriptions; Aftermath of Tyfernus' Epigraphic Activity; Conclusion; References; Chapter 8 Sta. Maria sopra Siwa: Inventing a Slavic Venus ; References; Chapter 9 Images from Slovenian Dramatic and Theatrical Interpretations of Ancient Drama; An Initiation; Slovenian Dramatic and Theatrical Interpretations of Ancient Drama in Brief: "Europeization" and "Slovenian-ness"; Historical Circumstances.

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