Lucian and the Latins
humor and humanism in the early Renaissance
By Marsh, David and David Marsh
"Lucian and the Latins" was published by University of Michigan Press in 1998 - Ann Arbor, it has 232 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Lucian and the Latins” Metadata:
- Title: Lucian and the Latins
- Authors: Marsh, DavidDavid Marsh
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 232
- Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- Publish Date: 1998
- Publish Location: Ann Arbor
“Lucian and the Latins” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Appreciation - Criticism and interpretation - Dialogues, Greek - Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern) - Greek Dialogues - Greek Satire - Greek influences - Greek wit and humor - History - History and criticism - Humanists - Influence - Intellectual life - Latin literature, Medieval and modern - Medieval and modern Latin literature - Renaissance - Satire, Greek - Translations - Other prose: classical, early & medieval - Lucian, - European - General - Medieval - of Samosata - Greek Literature - Medieval And Early Modern Latin Literature - Literature - Classics / Criticism - Ancient (Classical) Greek - Literary Criticism - Europe - Ancient and Classical - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Lucian - Italy - Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and - Dialogues - Lucian, of samosata - Criticism and interpretation History - Translations History and criticism - 1268-1559
- People: Lucian of Samosata
- Places: Italy
- Time: 1268-1559
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xii, 232 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL365078M - OL1908290W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 39281860
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 98025390
- ISBN-13: 9780472108466
- ISBN-10: 0472108468
- All ISBNs: 0472108468 - 9780472108466
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"Lucian and the Latins" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Timeline of works discussed
- 2- Lucian in the quattrocento
- 3- The dialogue of the dead
- 4- The dialogue of the gods 1: the scene in heaven
- 5- The dialogue of the gods 2: the scene on earth
- 6- The paradoxical encomium
- 7- The fantastic voyage
- 8- Bibliography
- 9- Index.
"Lucian and the Latins" Description:
The Open Library:
In Lucian and the Latins, Marsh describes how Renaissance authors rediscovered the comic writings of the second-century Greek satirist Lucian. He traces how Lucianic themes and structures made an essential contribution to European literature beginning with a survey of Latin translations and imitations, which gave new direction to European letters in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Lucianic dialogues of the dead and dialogues of the gods were immensely popular, despite the religious backlash of the sixteenth century. The paradoxical encomium, represented by Lucian's The Fly and The Parasite, inspired so-called serious humanists such as Leonardo Bruni and Guarino of Verona. Lucian's True Story initiated the genre of the fantastic journey, which enjoyed considerable popularity during the Renaissance age of discovery. Humanist descendants of this work include Thomas More's Utopia and much of Rabelais's Pantagruel and Fourth Book and Fifth Book. An excursus relates the later influence of Lucian's True Story in Voltaire, Poe, and Mann.
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