Beyond Reception : Renaissance Humanism and the Transformation of Classical Antiquity

Patrick Baker

ISBN 10: 3110635771 / ISBN 13: 9783110635775

Edité par De Gruyter, 2019

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Beyond Reception applies a new concept for analyzing cultural change, known as 'transformation', the study of Renaissance humanism. Traditional scholarship takes the Renaissance humanists at their word, that they were simply viewing the ancient world as it actually was and recreating its key features within their own culture. Initially modern studies in the classical tradition accepted this claim and saw this process as largely passive. 'Transformation theory' emphasizes the active role played by the receiving culture both in constructing a vision of the past and in transforming that vision into something that was a meaningful part of the later culture. A chapter than explains the terminology and workings of 'transformation theory' is followed by essays by nine established experts that suggest how the key disciplines of grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and philosophy in the Renaissance represent transformations of what went on in these fields in ancient Greece and Rome. The picture that emerges suggests that Renaissance humanism as it was actually practiced both received and transformed the classical past, at the same time as it constructed a vision of that past that still resonates today. N° de réf. du vendeur 9783110635775

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Titre : Beyond Reception : Renaissance Humanism and ...

Éditeur : De Gruyter

Date d'édition : 2019

Reliure : Buch

Etat : Neu

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Beyond Reception applies a new concept for analyzing cultural change, 'transformation', to the study of Renaissance humanism. The new theory stresses the active role played by the later culture in receiving and interpreting the classical past, with essays applying this methodology to Renaissance grammar, rhetoric, history, poetry, and philosophy. The volume proposes new answers to several old questions and suggests paths for new research.

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P. Baker and J. Helmrath, Humobldt University, Berlin, Germany; C. Kallendorf, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.