Vergil in the Middle AgesPrinceton University Press, 12 de gen. 1997 - 376 pàgines 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. |
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CHAPTER I | 3 |
CHAPTER II | 15 |
CHAPTER III | 24 |
CHAPTER IV | 34 |
CHAPTER V | 50 |
CHAPTER VI | 75 |
CHAPTER VII | 96 |
CHAPTER VIII | 104 |
CHAPTER XV | 210 |
CHAPTER XVI | 232 |
THE VERGIL OF POPULAR LEGEND | 239 |
CHAPTER II | 257 |
CHAPTER III | 264 |
CHAPTER IV | 290 |
CHAPTER V | 295 |
CHAPTER VI | 302 |
CHAPTER IX | 119 |
CHAPTER X | 135 |
CHAPTER XI | 156 |
CHAPTER XII | 166 |
CHAPTER XIII | 183 |
CHAPTER XIV | 195 |
CHAPTER VII | 309 |
CHAPTER VIII | 325 |
CHAPTER IX | 340 |
CHAPTER X | 358 |