Reception of Aristotle’s Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and Beyond, The: New Directions in Criticism (Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350251437 ISBN 13: 9781350251434

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021

Synopsis

Using new and cutting-edge perspectives, this book explores literary criticism and the reception of Aristotle's Poetics in early modern Italy. Written by leading international scholars, the chapters examine the current state of the field and set out new directions for future study. The reception of classical texts of literary criticism, such as Horace’s Ars Poetica, Longinus's On the Sublime, and most importantly, Aristotle’s Poetics was a crucial part of the intellectual culture of Renaissance Italy. Revisiting the translations, commentaries, lectures, and polemic treatises produced, the contributors apply new interdisciplinary methods from book history, translation studies, history of the emotions and classical reception to them. Placing several early modern Italian poetic texts in dialogue with twentieth-century literary theory for the first time, The Reception of Aristotle’s Poetics in the Italian Renaissance and Beyond models contemporary practice and maps out avenues for future study.

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About the Author

Bryan Brazeau is Senior Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts, University of Warwick, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350251437
• ISBN 13: 9781350251434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Brazeau Bryan