Jennifer K. Nelson

Gian Vittorio Rossi’s Eudemiae libri decem

Edited and Translated with an Introduction and Notes
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Neo-Latin, satire, Rome, Baroque, Early Modern prose fiction
Gian Vittorio Rossi (pseudonym Ianus Nicius Erythraeus) was an active participant in the intellectual and artistic community orbiting in Rome around Pope Urban VIII and the powerful Barberini family. Set in the fictional time and place of first-century AD Rome, Eudemiae libri VIII is a biting satire that criticizes Rossi’s own society for its system of patronage and favors that he saw as rewarding wealth and opulence over skill and hard work.
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Gian Vittorio Rossi (1577–1647) was an active participant in the intellectual and artistic community orbiting in Rome around Pope Urban VIII and the Barberini family. His prolific literary output encompassed letters, dialogues, orations, biographies, poetry, and fiction. A superlative Latinist, Rossi unleashed his biting wit and deep knowledge of Classical literature against perceived societal wrongs. Set in the fictional time and place of first-century AD Rome, Eudemiae libri decem is a satirical novel that criticizes Rossi’s own society for its system of patronage and favors that he saw as rewarding wealth and opulence over skill and hard work. An understudied figure, Rossi’s involvement with one of Rome’s premier literary academies, his relationships with intellectuals both in Italy and all over Europe, and his literary output, provide a unique insider perspective on Baroque Rome.

Inhalt:
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION
Gian Vittorio Rossi and Eudemia
Life of Gian Vittorio Rossi
Gian Vittorio Rossi: vita
Intellectual and Artistic Milieu of Seventeenth-Century Rome
Gian Vittorio Rossi: Works
Literary Models for Eudemia
Eudemia: Story Outline and Themes

EUDEMIAE LIBRI DECEM – EUDEMIA IN TEN BOOKS
Epistola dedicatoria – Dedicatory Letter
Lectori salutem – To the Reader
Argumentum – Plot Summary
Liber I – Book One
Liber II – Book Two
Liber III – Book Three
Liber IV – Book Four
Liber V – Book Five
Liber VI – Book Six
Liber VII – Book Seven
Liber VIII – Book Eight
Liber IX – Book Nine
Liber X – Book Ten

Appendix A: Key To the Pseudonyms in Eudemia
Appendix B: Gian Vittorio Rossi’s Published Works
Bibliography
Index nominum


Autor:inneninformation:
Jennifer K. Nelson received a Ph. D. in Classics from the University of Florida, an M. A. in Classics and a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky, an M. A. in Italian from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a B. A. in Italian Literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Since 2005 she has been the Reference Librarian for the Robbins Collection in Civil and Religious Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. She was the 2019 recipient of the ESS De Gruyter European Librarianship Study Grant and has received numerous travel grants from the Librarians Association of the University of California to attend conferences where she has presented papers on Gian Vittorio Rossi and his milieu.
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ISBN 978-3-8233-9430-3
EAN 9783823394303
Bibliographie 1. Auflage
Seiten 621
Format eBook PDF
Ausgabename 18430-2
Herausgeber:in Jennifer K. Nelson
Erscheinungsdatum 15.02.2021