Gian Vittorio Rossi’s Eudemiae libri decem

Edited and Translated with an Introduction and Notes
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-8233-8430-4
Verlag: Narr

Buch, Englisch, Latin, 618 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 220 mm, Gewicht: 1044 g

Reihe: NeoLatina

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rossi, Gian Vittorio

Nelson, Jennifer K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Mittel- & Neulateinische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.