Falsifications and Authority in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Gielen, Erika (EDT); Papy, Jan (EDT)

ISBN 10: 2503588433 / ISBN 13: 9782503588438

Published by Brepols Publishers, 2020

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Synopsis:

In order to gain a deeper understanding of the shifting idea of authority of a text, its transmission and reception in a variety of genres, settings and contexts, this collective volume envisages to enlarge and deepen this understanding in tangling literary forgery and emulation. Authority and authoritative literary productions provoke all kinds of interest and emulation. Hermeneutical techniques, detailed exegesis and historical critique are invoked to put authority, and yes also possible falsifications, to the test. Scholars from various disciplines working on texts, either authoritative or forged, stemming from different periods of time reflect on a methodological basis and a hermeneutical entrance. In addition, a threefold axis of questioning the phenomenon of forgery is presented, viz. the motif of falsification, the mechanism or technique applied and, third, the direct or indirect effect of this fraud.

About the Author: Erika Gielen obtained a doctoral degree in Classics from KU Leuven, with a doctoral thesis on the Byzantine philosophers Joseph Racendytes ("De virtute") and Nicephorus Blemmydes ("De virtute et ascesi"). Presently she is Managing Director of the interdisciplinary Research Centre LECTIO (KU Leuven). Jan Papy is Full Professor in Latin and Neo-Latin Literature at the Faculty of Arts of KU Leuven. His research focuses on Renaissance Humanism and Neo-Latin literature, with special attention for Renaissance philosophy, cultural history of the Low Countries, history of universities and history of science.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Falsifications and Authority in Antiquity, ...
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New