Translation and print culture in early modern Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda M. Hosington
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Print Culture ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Modern Europe

Dares Printed and Philologized

2020 ◽  
pp. 211-250
Author(s):  
Frederic Clark
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Print Culture ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
Classical Scholarship ◽  
Jean Bodin ◽  
Counter Reformation ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Europe

Chapter 5 looks in closer depth at just why Dares remained a source of debate in early modern Europe, even after some critics had seemingly demolished him once and for all. The first part of the chapter examines phenomena traditionally associated with the rise of criticism and the downfall of forgeries, including print culture, the recuperation of ancient Greek texts, and scientific empiricism. It argues that these phenomena actually bolstered the reputation and credibility of Dares Phrygius. From the Elizabethan Philip Sidney’s neo-Aristotelian poetics to the proliferation of printed reference works by Conrad Gessner, Jean Bodin, and others, Dares remained a canonical first in the history of history. The second part of the chapter examines how, in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, both the increasingly professionalized world of classical scholarship and the confessional polemics engendered by the Reformation and Counter–Reformation responded to this perpetuation of Dares’ longevity with renewed attacks.

The Library and Material Texts

PMLA ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 119 (5) ◽  
pp. 1347-1352
Author(s):  
Peter Stallybrass
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
Print Culture ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Rare Book ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
History Of ◽  
Modern Europe ◽  
The University ◽  
Material Texts

For the last three years, roger chartier and i have taught an undergraduate seminar called the history of print Culture in Early Modern Europe and America. Although the content of the course has changed, one feature has been persistent: at least half our classes met in the rare-book libraries of Philadelphia. While we have often held the seminar in Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania, we have also gone to the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Free Library, and the Rosenbach Museum and Library. This would not have been possible without the extraordinary openness and generosity of the Philadelphia libraries and librarians. But the work of those librarians has not only provided an infrastructure for the course; it has also reshaped what we've worked on and how we teach it.

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