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From its first complete Italian printing in 1872 up to the present
day, Domenico Comparetti's Vergil in the Middle Ages has been
acknowledged as a masterpiece, regarded by some critics as "a true
and proper history of European consciousness from antiquity to
Dante". Treating Vergil's poetry as a foundation of Latin European
identity, Comparetti seeks to give a complete history of the
medieval conception of the preeminent poet. Scholars of the time
had transformed Vergil into a sage and a seer, a type of universal
philosopher - even a Christian poet and a guide of a Christian
poet. In the mid-twelfth century, there surfaced legends that
converted Vergil into a magician, endowing him with supernatural
powers. Comparetti explores the ongoing interest in Vergil's poetry
as it appeared in popular folklore and legends as well as in
medieval classical scholarship. This great synthesizing work, which
has been unavailable for over twenty years, is now back in print,
based on E.F.M. Benecke's 1895 translation of the Italian second
edition. Comparetti begins with the period in which Vergil lived
and goes on to evaluate how the later images, particularly the
legends, of Vergil coincide with the more scholarly accounts of his
life. The result is a grand sweep of literary history from the
first century B.C.E. through the end of the Middle Ages, with
implications for the nineteenth century. In his introduction, Jan
Ziolkowski places the creation of the book in historical context,
considering how such events as the Risorgimento shaped the author's
notion of Latin identity.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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++++ Virgil Im Mittelalter Domenico Comparetti Hans Dutschke
Teubner, 1875 Literature, Medieval
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1882 Edition.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
1882. The investigation of the contents of the original text of the
Book of Sindibad might be carried on with greater minuteness than
is found in this work; above all, the form of each of the stories
contained in that text should be inquired into. The author confined
himself to pointing out only what is the essential characteristic
of the book.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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