The rhetoric of the Roman fake : Latin pseudepigrapha in context /
Peirano Garrison, Irene, 1979-
The rhetoric of the Roman fake : Latin pseudepigrapha in context / Irene Peirano. - 1 online resource (x, 311 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and indexes.
Introduction -- 1. Literary fakes and their ancient reception -- 2. Constructing the young Virgil: the Catalepton as pseudepigraphic literature -- 3. Poets and patrons: Catalepton 9, the Panegyricus Messallae, the Laus Pisonis and the pseudo-panegyric -- 4. Prefiguring Virgil: the Ciris -- 5. Recreating the past: the Consolatio ad Liviam and Elegiae in Maecenatem -- Epilogue. Towards a rhetoric of the Roman fake: the Helen episode in Aeneid 2.
"Previous scholarship on classical pseudepigrapha has generally aimed at proving issues of attribution and dating of individual works, with little or no attention paid to the texts as literary artefacts. Instead, this book looks at Latin fakes as sophisticated products of a literary culture in which collaborative practices of supplementation, recasting and role-play were the absolute cornerstones of rhetorical education and literary practice. Texts such as the Catalepton, the Consolatio ad Liviam and the Panegyricus Messallae thus illuminate the strategies whereby Imperial audiences received and interrogated canonical texts and are here explored as key moments in the Imperial reception of Augustan authors such as Virgil, Ovid and Tibullus. The study of the rhetoric of these creative supplements irreverently mingling truth and fiction reveals much not only about the neighbouring concepts of fiction, authenticity and reality, but also about the tacit assumptions by which the latter are employed in literary criticism"-- In-depth analysis of Roman literary fakes offering new insights into the creative dynamics of spurious literature.
English.
9781139554183 (electronic bk.) 1139554182 (electronic bk.) 9786613922885 (electronic bk.) 6613922889 (electronic bk.) 9781139549226 (electronic bk.) 1139549227 (electronic bk.) 9780511732331 (electronic bk.) 0511732333 (electronic bk.) 9781139551724 (electronic bk.) 1139551728 (electronic bk.) 9781107527461 (paperback) 1107527465 (hardback) (hardback) 1139564056 9781139564052 1139887211 9781139887212 1283610434 9781283610438 1139550470 9781139550475
9786613922885
392288 MIL
Virgil--Spurious and doubtful works.
Tibullus--Spurious and doubtful works.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. --Spurious and doubtful works.
Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius, 64 B.C.-approximately 8 A.D. --In literature.
Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius, 64 B.C.-approximately 8 A.D
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
Tibullus.
Virgil.
Appendix Vergiliana.
Consolatio ad Liviam.
Appendix Vergiliana.
Consolatio ad Liviam.
To 1500
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--To 1500.
Latin poetry--History and criticism.
Authorship, Disputed.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Poésie latine--Histoire et critique.
Paternité littéraire contestée.
Rhétorique ancienne.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Authorship, Disputed.
Latin poetry.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Spurious and doubtful works.
PA3014.F6 / P45 2012eb
870.9/001
The rhetoric of the Roman fake : Latin pseudepigrapha in context / Irene Peirano. - 1 online resource (x, 311 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and indexes.
Introduction -- 1. Literary fakes and their ancient reception -- 2. Constructing the young Virgil: the Catalepton as pseudepigraphic literature -- 3. Poets and patrons: Catalepton 9, the Panegyricus Messallae, the Laus Pisonis and the pseudo-panegyric -- 4. Prefiguring Virgil: the Ciris -- 5. Recreating the past: the Consolatio ad Liviam and Elegiae in Maecenatem -- Epilogue. Towards a rhetoric of the Roman fake: the Helen episode in Aeneid 2.
"Previous scholarship on classical pseudepigrapha has generally aimed at proving issues of attribution and dating of individual works, with little or no attention paid to the texts as literary artefacts. Instead, this book looks at Latin fakes as sophisticated products of a literary culture in which collaborative practices of supplementation, recasting and role-play were the absolute cornerstones of rhetorical education and literary practice. Texts such as the Catalepton, the Consolatio ad Liviam and the Panegyricus Messallae thus illuminate the strategies whereby Imperial audiences received and interrogated canonical texts and are here explored as key moments in the Imperial reception of Augustan authors such as Virgil, Ovid and Tibullus. The study of the rhetoric of these creative supplements irreverently mingling truth and fiction reveals much not only about the neighbouring concepts of fiction, authenticity and reality, but also about the tacit assumptions by which the latter are employed in literary criticism"-- In-depth analysis of Roman literary fakes offering new insights into the creative dynamics of spurious literature.
English.
9781139554183 (electronic bk.) 1139554182 (electronic bk.) 9786613922885 (electronic bk.) 6613922889 (electronic bk.) 9781139549226 (electronic bk.) 1139549227 (electronic bk.) 9780511732331 (electronic bk.) 0511732333 (electronic bk.) 9781139551724 (electronic bk.) 1139551728 (electronic bk.) 9781107527461 (paperback) 1107527465 (hardback) (hardback) 1139564056 9781139564052 1139887211 9781139887212 1283610434 9781283610438 1139550470 9781139550475
9786613922885
392288 MIL
Virgil--Spurious and doubtful works.
Tibullus--Spurious and doubtful works.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. --Spurious and doubtful works.
Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius, 64 B.C.-approximately 8 A.D. --In literature.
Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius, 64 B.C.-approximately 8 A.D
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
Tibullus.
Virgil.
Appendix Vergiliana.
Consolatio ad Liviam.
Appendix Vergiliana.
Consolatio ad Liviam.
To 1500
Literary forgeries and mystifications--History--To 1500.
Latin poetry--History and criticism.
Authorship, Disputed.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Poésie latine--Histoire et critique.
Paternité littéraire contestée.
Rhétorique ancienne.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS--Ancient, Classical & Medieval.
Authorship, Disputed.
Latin poetry.
Literary forgeries and mystifications.
Literature.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Spurious and doubtful works.
PA3014.F6 / P45 2012eb
870.9/001