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Biographical note: Bernhard Paul, Universität Regensburg, Germany. Biographical note: Bernhard Paul, Universität Regensburg. Mit dieser Untersuchung wirdein neulateinisches Drama exemplarisch erschlossen. Der französische Jesuit Petrus Mussonius veröffentlichte 1621 die Tragöd…
Main description: This critical edition of the Latin text of Vergil's Bucolica and Georgica is informed by recent research on the author's style as well as the oldest manuscript versions of his works.
As a genre situated at the crossroad of rhetoric and fiction, declamatio offers the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse. Placing the literariness of (Ps)Quintilian's oeuvre into the spotlight, this volume showcases declamation as a realm of genuine literary creatio…
Religion trampled underfoot: Epicurus, Atomism, and atheism in the Renaissance -- Unchristian opinion: Lucretius' first Renaissance readers -- Between fits of madness: ancient sources for Lucretius' biography -- The lofty madness of wise Lucretius: the Renaissance biographies --…
Main description: This volume collects medieval Latin texts from the 8th to the 14th centuries that shape a pseudo-historical image of the Prophet Muhammad. The texts, from critical editions, manuscripts and early printed books, are arranged in chronological order in 55 entries.…
The fall of Nero and the civil wars of 69 CE ushered in an era scarred by the recent conflicts; Flavian literature also inherited a rich tradition of narrating nefas from its predecessors who had confronted and commemorated the traumas of Pharsalus and Actium. Despite the presen…
Main description: The categories of classical narratology have been successfully applied to ancient texts in the last two decades, but in the meantime narratological theory has moved on. In accordance with these developments, Narratology and Interpretation draws out the subtler …