Gallus Reborn: A Study of the Diffusion and Reception of Works Ascribed to Gaius Cornelius Gallus

Author:   Paul White
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367729042


Pages:   76
Publication Date:   18 December 2020
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Gallus Reborn is the first comprehensive study of the publication history and reception of the works that have been attributed to Gaius Cornelius Gallus, first canonical Roman elegist, friend of Virgil, and ‘missing link’ in Roman literary history. Gallus was a widely read and frequently imitated author from the Renaissance onwards, when he overcame the disadvantage of having no surviving works by putting his name to a substantial body of pseudepigrapha: misattributed, faked or forged poems. This monograph asks what Gallus was like, during that phase of his existence; how was he read, and by whom; and what impact did he have on literary history? Combining close readings of the texts with a comparative overview of their wider reception, Gallus Reborn will interest scholars and advanced students of classical reception, Neo-Latin, comparative literature and early modern studies.

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Author:   Paul White
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367729042


ISBN 10:   0367729040
Pages:   76
Publication Date:   18 December 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction. ‘neget quis carmina Gallo?’ Chapter 1. Six Elegies Ascribed to Cornelius Gallus: Maximianus Chapter 2. The Reception of Gallus-Maximianus Chapter 3. The Carmen ad Lydiam (‘Lydia bella puella candida’) Chapter 4. From senectus to amor Chapter 5. Elegiacs Attributed to Gallus in 1588 (AL 914-917) Chapter 6. The Forger of the 1588 Elegiacs Conclusion Appendix. Editiones principes of works ascribed to Gallus, or date of first attribution to Gallus in print Bibliography

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Here is an interesting study, well written and well argued on the reception of Gaius Cornelius Gallus in the Renaissance. In the space of a concise but thorough book, Paul White sets out to explore the reasons for the influence of Gallus and his pseudepigraphs (the Elegies of Maximian and the Carmen ad Lydiam), the way in which Renaissance readers have transformed the character of Gallus, as well as the impact that figure and these poems have had on literary history. - Bryn Mawr Classical Review (translated from French)


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Paul White is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Leeds. His research focuses on Latin poetry and its reception, with a particular focus on Renaissance humanism; publications include articles on poetry, education, authorship and print culture in Latin and vernacular contexts, and books on the early modern reception of Ovid’s Heroides (Columbus, 2009), and on the classical editions and commentaries of the Paris-based printer and author Jodocus Badius Ascensius (Oxford, 2013).

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