Editing and Commenting on Statius' Silvae

The Silvae by Statius dethroned Virgil from the Studio in Naples, fostered the creation of a new genre, offered a model for court poetry, and seduced the most prestigious Humanists in the most vibrant centres of Renaissance Italy and the Netherlands. The collection preserves magnificent buildings ot...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lóio, Ana, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Mnemosyne, Supplements ; 464.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009786694906719
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction Commenting on Statius’ Silvae: No Place for Dead Wood / Ana Lóio
  • Part 1 The (First) Rediscovery
  • Chapter 1 Roman Humanism and the Study of the Silvae in the Fifteenth Century / Giancarlo Abbamonte
  • Chapter 2 Poliziano’s (Commentary on Statius’) Silvae: Between Imitation and Exegesis / Luke Roman
  • Part 2 The Sequel: A New Age of Disclosure
  • Chapter 3 The Role of Translation in Commentary on Statius’ Silvae / Bruce Gibson
  • Chapter 4 Notes from a New Commentary on Statius’ Silvae / Antonino Pittà
  • Chapter 5 Commenting on the Silvae: Visuality, Versatility, Verisimilitude / Kathleen M. Coleman
  • Part 3 A Path to the Future: Statian Readings in Augustan Poetry
  • Chapter 6 Errant Poetics: Rethinking a Comment on Silvae 2.2.83–85 / Carole Newlands
  • Chapter 7 Commenting on an Ovidian Model: An Authorized Desertion in Silvae 1.2 / Gianpiero Rosati
  • Chapter 8 The Hut and the Temple: Private Aetiology and Augustan Models in Silvae 3.1 / Federica Bessone
  • Chapter 9 Untying the Commentator’s Knot: Bonds and Lacunae in Silvae 4.4 and Propertius 2.1 / Ana Lóio.