Athens in Rome, Rome in Germany: Nicodemus Frischlin and the Rehabilitation of Aristophanes in the 16th Century (NeoLatina) - Hardcover

Hadley, Patrick Lucky

 
9783823369233: Athens in Rome, Rome in Germany: Nicodemus Frischlin and the Rehabilitation of Aristophanes in the 16th Century (NeoLatina)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3823369237 ISBN 13: 9783823369233
Verlag: Narr Francke Attempto, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

The bawdy comedies of Aristophanes gradually began to attract more attention among learned circles in the later 16th century. This trend culminated in 1586, when Nicodemus Frischlin produced new and strikingly original Latin versions of five plays by Aristophanes. With this work Frischlin completely recast the place of Aristophanes in the Republic of Letters, forcing readers to approach him as a dramatist of tremendous contemporary relevance. Frischlin was able to rehabilitate Aristophanes by calling attention both to the practical advice his plays could give on the administration of a res publica, and to the light they could shed on serious problems concerning rhetorical education and political discourse within the troubled Holy Roman Empire under Rudolf II. This work aims to restore Frischlin's translations to their rightful place of honor within the broader reception tradition of Aristophanes and Old Comedy, while analyzing them within the context of Frischlin's own longstanding campaigns for educational and political reform.

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Verlag
Narr Francke Attempto
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3823369237
ISBN 13 
9783823369233
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
185
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