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New Ancient Greek in a Neo-Latin World
The Restoration of Classical Bilingualism in the Early Modern Low Countries and Beyond
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Did you know that many reputed Neo-Latin authors like Erasmus of Rotterdam also wrote in forms of Ancient Greek? Erasmus used this New Ancient Greek language to celebrate a royal return from Spain to Brussels, to honor deceded friends like Johann Froben, to pray while on a pilgrimage, and to promote a new Aristotle edition. But classical bilingualism was not the prerogative of a happy few Renaissance luminaries: less well-known humanists, too, activated their classical bilingual competence to impress patrons; nuance their ideas and feelings; manage information by encoding gossip and private matters in Greek; and adorn books and art with poems in the two languagges, and so on. As reader, you discover promising research perspectives to bridge the gap between the long-standing discipline of Neo-Latin studies and the young field of New Ancient Greek studies.
Raf Van Rooy, Ph.D. (2017), KU Leuven, is Assistant Professor of Latin Literature at that university. He has published monographs, edited volumes, and articles on the reception of the Ancient Greek language and literature in the Neo-Latin world of early modern Europe. Recent publications include the monograph Language or Dialect? The History of a Conceptual Pair (Oxford University Press, 2020).
Contents
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Abstract
Keywords
âPART 1: SETTING THE STAGE
â1âIntroduction
â2âPreliminaries
âPART 2: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
â3âThe Birdâs Eye: Toward a Long History of Classical Bilingualism
â4âThe Wormâs Eye: Focused Approaches to Texts and Contexts
â5âOutlook: Pulling the Trojan Horse into Neo-Latin Studies
References
Index
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Abstract
Keywords
âPART 1: SETTING THE STAGE
â1âIntroduction
â2âPreliminaries
âPART 2: RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES
â3âThe Birdâs Eye: Toward a Long History of Classical Bilingualism
â4âThe Wormâs Eye: Focused Approaches to Texts and Contexts
â5âOutlook: Pulling the Trojan Horse into Neo-Latin Studies
References
Index
Neo-Latinists (organized in e.g. IANLS and SNLS), Renaissance specialists (organized in e.g. RSA), classical reception scholars, cultural historians of early modern Europe, literary scholars, historical sociolinguists (organized in HiSoN), Byzantinists. Next to experienced scholars, the volume can also be a good introduction to Neo-Latin and New Ancient Greek studies for students and early career researchers.