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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 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.
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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