The Reception of Vergil in Renaissance Rome.

• Superior document: Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts
• Author: Glodzik, Jeffrey A.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2022.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Medieval and Renaissance Authors and Texts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (162 pages)

"In this work Jeffrey Glodzik argues that Vergil played a central role in the prevailing discourse of Renaissance Rome. Roman humanists associated with the papacy employed the language of Vergil to express a vision for Rome and its divinely-ordained destiny. Using the transformation methodology allelopoiesis, he shows that in their neo-Latin works Roman humanists focused on a Christian interpretation of the fourth eclogue to highlight an incipient Golden Age, ignored pessimistic readings of the Aeneid to emphasize the glories of a renewed imperium, and encapsulated Vergil's words to celebrate papal Rome's unquestionable destiny. Ultimately, Glodzik demonstrates that the interpretation and application of Vergil were not uniform throughout Europe; Vergil was instead shaped to fit the concerns of papal Rome"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Vergilius Omnipraesens -- Renovatio Romae -- Saturnia regna renata -- Imperium sine fine -- Fatum Romae -- Conclusion: Vergilius et Roma -- Bibliography -- Index.