Vernacular Aristotle - Translation As Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy

The first study of the reception of Aristotle in Medieval and Renaissance Italy that considers the ethical dimension of translation.

List of contents

Introduction: translation as reception; 1. Taming the philosopher; 2. The master of those who know (and those who don't); 3. Family business: readying the ethics for the layman; 4. The philosopher, the humanist, the translator and the reader; 5. Abridging the philosopher(s); Conclusion: the spirit in the crystal bottle.

About the author

Eugenio Refini is Assistant Professor of Italian Studies at New York University. His interests include Renaissance poetics, rhetoric, and drama; reception of antiquity and translation studies; and the intersections of music and literature. His publications include a monograph on Alessandro Piccolomini titled Per via d'annotationi: le glosse inedite di Alessandro Piccolomini all'Ars Poetica di Orazio (2009) and several articles and book chapters on Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Latin humanism and the musical culture of early modern Italy.

Summary

Explores the ways in which Aristotle's legacy was appropriated and reshaped by vernacular readers in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. Focusing on the ethical implications of the theory and practice of translation, it illuminates the cultural and social dynamics that legitimated the vernacular as a language of knowledge.

Product details

• Authors: Eugenio Refini, Eugenio (New York University) Refini
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108481816
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48181-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Classics after Antiquity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Italian, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, c 1400 to c 1499 (period of the Italian Renaissance)