New Ancient Greek in a Neo-Latin World The Restoration of Classical Bilingualism in the Early Modern Low Countries and Beyond

Did you know that many reputed Neo-Latin authors like Erasmus of Rotterdam also wrote in forms of Ancient Greek? Erasmus used this New Ancient Greek language to celebrate a royal return from Spain to Brussels, to honor deceded friends like Johann Froben, to pray while on a pilgrimage, and to promote...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Van Rooy, Raf, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill [2023]
Edición:First edition
Colección:Latinity and Classical reception in the early modern period.
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Sumario:Did you know that many reputed Neo-Latin authors like Erasmus of Rotterdam also wrote in forms of Ancient Greek? Erasmus used this New Ancient Greek language to celebrate a royal return from Spain to Brussels, to honor deceded friends like Johann Froben, to pray while on a pilgrimage, and to promote a new Aristotle edition. But classical bilingualism was not the prerogative of a happy few Renaissance luminaries: less well-known humanists, too, activated their classical bilingual competence to impress patrons; nuance their ideas and feelings; manage information by encoding gossip and private matters in Greek; and adorn books and art with poems in the two languagges, and so on. As reader, you discover promising research perspectives to bridge the gap between the long-standing discipline of Neo-Latin studies and the young field of New Ancient Greek studies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 178 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004547902