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The early modern period saw the study of classical history flourish. This study explores the early modern translations of Livy, the single most important Roman historian for the development of politics and culture in Renaissance Europe.
Sommario
- Introduction
- 1: The European Reception of Livy (1469-1600)
- 2: Anthony Cope's Livy: Tudor Propaganda and War with Scotland
- 3: Roman History and the Status of Women: The Struggle over Livy in the English Querelle des Femmes
- 4: Livy's Lucretia in English Poetry and Prose: William Painter's Palace of Pleasure and Shakespeare's Lucrece
- 5: Shakespeare's Macbeth and Livy's Legendary Rome
- 6: Philemon Holland's Livy and Sir Frances Nethersole's Problemes: A Tudor Translation in the English Civil War
Info autore
John-Mark Philo completed his studies at Oxford and has recently undertaken a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of East Anglia. He is currently a Research Fellow at Harvard University's Villa I Tatti undertaking a project on Italian libraries of the Renaissance and their Anglo-Scottish visitors. He is especially interested in early-modern engagements with the classics.
Riassunto
The early modern period saw the study of classical history flourish. This study explores the early modern translations of Livy, the single most important Roman historian for the development of politics and culture in Renaissance Europe.
Testo aggiuntivo
This is a work of outstanding literary scholarship, neither niche nor merely antiquarian.
