COMPANION TO NEO-LATIN STUDIES

01. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-90-6186-859-0
Verlag: LEUVEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 800 g

Reihe: Supplementa Humanistica Lovaniensia

In 1977 the first edition of the Companion to Neo-Latin Studies appeared. It evidently filled a long-felt lacuna, and was soon out of print. The first part of the second entirely rewritten edition came out in 1990; it consisted in a concise, but comprehensive history of Neo-Latin writings (both literary and scientific) arranged according to geographical and cultural areas (Part I: History and Diffusion of Neo-Latin Literature).

Due to the explosive growth of Neo-Latin studies in the last decades, it took a couple of years to rewrite and to expand the second part. In this volume an attempt is made to cover all the relevant literary forms and genres of Neo-Latin literature; their characteristics and evolution are described and bibliographical aids have been added; the method is descriptive rather than theoretical.

This part is followed by linguistic, philological and editorial questions, discussing the features of Neo-Latin vocabulary, syntax, style, prosody and metre, old and modern editions, etc. A historical survey of Neo-Latin studies concludes the book. Several indexes facilitate access to the varied contents of the work. The two volumes of this Companion form an indispensable and up-to-date introduction to the immense and still largely unexplored field of Neo-Latin literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sacré, Dirk

IJsewijn, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

III. Literary genres


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General aspects
- Ancient Models
- Medieval Survivals
- New Inventions

- Poetry - Heroic and Didactic Poetry
- Descriptive and Epideictic Poetry (Laudes, Encomia, Silvae etc.)
- Bucolic Poetry
- Satires and Metrical Epistles
- Lyrical Poetry
- Occasional Poetry: Epithalamia, Epicedia, Gratulationes etc.
- Hymns
- Psalms and Other Biblical Paraphrases
- Epigrammatic Poetry
- Fables
- Figure Poems; Acrostichs
- Centones
- Minor Modern Forms of Poetry
- Macaronic Poetry and Prose

- Drama - The rebirth of Roman Tragedy and Comedy
- The Rediscovery of Greek Drama
- The Mediaeval and Contemporary Contribution
- Characteristics of Neo-Latin Theatre
- Accomplishments of Neo-Latin Theatre
- Latin Drama and the Vernacular

- Literary Prose - Eloquence: Declamationes, Orationes
- Historiography
- Biography and Autobiography
- Letters
- Dialogues
- Travel Journals and Reports
- Fictional Prose

- Scholarly and Scientific Prose - Encyclopaedias and Bio-biographical Works
- Typography, Calligraphy, Cryptography
- Pilology and Related Disciplines
- Grammar and Linguistics
- Law (Canon and Civil)
- Theology
- Philosophy, Psychology, Paedagogy, magic
- Political, Social and Economic Sciences
- Arts: Theory, History and Criticism
- Sciences and Medicine

- Journals and Newspapers
- Inscriptions


IV. Language, Style, Prosody and Metrics
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Language
- Preliminary Remarks
- Vocabulary
- Morphology
- Syntax

- Style
- Latin and the Vernacular
- Prosody and Metrics - Classical Versification
- Other Forms of Versification


V. Texts and Editions
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Manuscripts

- Old Printed Texts - Old Editions
- Catalogues
- Uncatalogued Items
- Reprints
- Microfiches and cd-rom

- Critical Editions - Editorial Principles
- Spelling and Punctuation
- Commentaries and Related Problems


VI. The Development of Neo-Latin Studies

VII. Corrigenda to Companion, Volume I

Indices
Index Nominum
Index geographicus
Index argumentorum rerumque notabilium
Index codicum manu scriptorum
Index verborum notabilium

Über Autor(innen)

Sacré, Dirk
Dirk Sacré is professor of Latin and Neo-Latin at KU Leuven.