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Authorship in Neo-Latin Literature (c. 1350âc. 1650)
On Authorisation and Transmission of Knowledge via Dedications, Prefaces, Author Portraits and Depictions of Dedication Scenes
Series: - Intersections, Volume: 102
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This book sheds new light on the question of authorship in Neo-Latin literature. It shows that authorship was not something to be automatically assumed, but was chiefly imparted by the paratextual features of a work, such as letters of dedication, prefaces, and author portraits. This study examines the strategies and tools used by authors to assert their authorial aspirations, which in turn enabled them to incorporate themselves into secular, ecclesiastical, and intellectual power structures.
This is a completely revised English edition of Die Stiftung von Autorschaft in der neulateinischen Literatur (ca. 1350âca. 1650) (Brill, 2014).
This is a completely revised English edition of Die Stiftung von Autorschaft in der neulateinischen Literatur (ca. 1350âca. 1650) (Brill, 2014).
Karl Enenkel is emeritus professor of medieval and Neo-Latin literature at the University of Münster. He has published five monographs and some one hundred and forty articles and edited more than forty collective volumes. Recently, he concluded a critical commented edition of Erasmus' Apophthegmata, books VâVIII, which is published in the ASD series published by Brill.
Praise for the German edition:
âAn important, original, and impressively well-researched study.â
David Rijser, University of Amsterdam. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 1 (spring 2019), pp. 249â251.
âAn important, original, and impressively well-researched study.â
David Rijser, University of Amsterdam. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 72, No. 1 (spring 2019), pp. 249â251.
Preface
List of Works Discussed
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Paratexts, Authorship, and the Transmission of Knowledge
â1âNeo-Latin Literature and the Transmission of Knowledge
â2âThe New Boost of Paratextual Presentation, ca. 1350â1600
â3âEarly Modern Paratextual Figurations: Some Indications of Their Function
â4âThe Death of the Author and His Resurrection: the Discussion of Authorship in Medieval Studies
â5âDedications and Prefaces of the Pre-Modern Era (Antiquity â ca. 1800) in Modern Scholarship
â6ââAuthorisationâ as the Basis of Authorship and Transmission of Knowledge
I The Embedding of the Author in Secular and Ecclesiastical Structures of Power: Strategies of âAuthorisationâ
âI.1âThe Complexity of the Seemingly Simple: Obedience and Loyalty? Gratitude for Benefits?
âI.2âThe Joint Appearance of the Author and the Dedicatee in the Act of Publication
âI.3âThe Creation of Decorum: the laudatio of the Dedicatee as a Means of Authorisation
âI.4âAmicitia: The Staging of an Amicable Relationship between the Author and a Higher-Ranking Dedicatee
âI.5âOther Strategies of Involving the Dedicatees and Connecting with Them
II Authorisation Through Ritual
âII.1âThe Ritual of Dedication: the Ceremonial Handover of the Book and Ritual Aspects of the Letters of Dedication
âII.2âThe Coronation of poete laureate as Authorisation
III Authorisation via Intellectual Dedicatees
âIII.1âAuthorising Strategies via Intellectual Dedicatees: Humanist Friends and Figureheads, Teachers and Pupils, Humanist Societies and Academies
âIII.2âHumanist Decorum: the Presentation of the Dedicatee as a Means of Authorisation
IV Authorisation through Rituals Beyond the Court Ceremonial
âIV.1âThe Foundation of Authorship via the Deities of Antiquity: Invocation of the Muses/Apollo, Epiphany, Divine Commission, Dichterweihe
âIV.2âThe Foundation of Authorship by Christian Religion: Prayer to God and Mary for Inspiration, Imaginary Dedication Scenes, and Ecstasy
âIV.3âRituals in Humanist Academies
âIV.4âRitual Elements in the Humanist Cult of Friendship
V Other Means of Authorisation in Dedications, Introductory Paratexts, and Author Portraits
âV.1âHolidays â Illness â Dilettantism: Specific Times, Places, and Spaces of Writing as a Means of Authorisation
âV.2âThe Author as Inventor? Authorisation of Literary and Scientific Innovations
âV.3âPosteritas: Writing for Eternity
Bibliography on the Topics Covered in This Study
Index Nominum
List of Works Discussed
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Paratexts, Authorship, and the Transmission of Knowledge
â1âNeo-Latin Literature and the Transmission of Knowledge
â2âThe New Boost of Paratextual Presentation, ca. 1350â1600
â3âEarly Modern Paratextual Figurations: Some Indications of Their Function
â4âThe Death of the Author and His Resurrection: the Discussion of Authorship in Medieval Studies
â5âDedications and Prefaces of the Pre-Modern Era (Antiquity â ca. 1800) in Modern Scholarship
â6ââAuthorisationâ as the Basis of Authorship and Transmission of Knowledge
I The Embedding of the Author in Secular and Ecclesiastical Structures of Power: Strategies of âAuthorisationâ
âI.1âThe Complexity of the Seemingly Simple: Obedience and Loyalty? Gratitude for Benefits?
âI.2âThe Joint Appearance of the Author and the Dedicatee in the Act of Publication
âI.3âThe Creation of Decorum: the laudatio of the Dedicatee as a Means of Authorisation
âI.4âAmicitia: The Staging of an Amicable Relationship between the Author and a Higher-Ranking Dedicatee
âI.5âOther Strategies of Involving the Dedicatees and Connecting with Them
II Authorisation Through Ritual
âII.1âThe Ritual of Dedication: the Ceremonial Handover of the Book and Ritual Aspects of the Letters of Dedication
âII.2âThe Coronation of poete laureate as Authorisation
III Authorisation via Intellectual Dedicatees
âIII.1âAuthorising Strategies via Intellectual Dedicatees: Humanist Friends and Figureheads, Teachers and Pupils, Humanist Societies and Academies
âIII.2âHumanist Decorum: the Presentation of the Dedicatee as a Means of Authorisation
IV Authorisation through Rituals Beyond the Court Ceremonial
âIV.1âThe Foundation of Authorship via the Deities of Antiquity: Invocation of the Muses/Apollo, Epiphany, Divine Commission, Dichterweihe
âIV.2âThe Foundation of Authorship by Christian Religion: Prayer to God and Mary for Inspiration, Imaginary Dedication Scenes, and Ecstasy
âIV.3âRituals in Humanist Academies
âIV.4âRitual Elements in the Humanist Cult of Friendship
V Other Means of Authorisation in Dedications, Introductory Paratexts, and Author Portraits
âV.1âHolidays â Illness â Dilettantism: Specific Times, Places, and Spaces of Writing as a Means of Authorisation
âV.2âThe Author as Inventor? Authorisation of Literary and Scientific Innovations
âV.3âPosteritas: Writing for Eternity
Bibliography on the Topics Covered in This Study
Index Nominum
Academic institutes and libraries, practitioners, researchers, and graduate students interested in authorship, Neo-Latin literature, paratexts, letters of dedication, prefatory matters, author portraits, Republic of letters, authorization (of writers) through incorporation in power structures and court ceremonials; transmission of knowledge, poets laureate, "Dichterweihe".