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Book SynopsisThe Silvae by Statius dethroned Virgil from the Studio in Naples, fostered the creation of a new genre, offered a model for court poetry, and seduced the most prestigious Humanists in the most vibrant centres of Renaissance Italy and the Netherlands. The collection preserves magnificent buildings otherwise lost; speaks of stones otherwise unknown; and memorializes people, rituals, and social relationships that would have passed into oblivion in silence. This volume offers a fresh look into approaches to the Silvae by editors and commentators, both at the time of the rediscovery of the poems and today.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Commenting on Statius’ Silvae: No Place for Dead Wood Ana Lóio Part 1 The (First) Rediscovery 1 Roman Humanism and the Study of the Silvae in the Fifteenth Century Giancarlo Abbamonte 2 Poliziano’s (Commentary on Statius’) Silvae: Between Imitation and Exegesis Luke Roman Part 2 The Sequel: A New Age of Disclosure 3 The Role of Translation in Commentary on Statius’ Silvae Bruce Gibson 4 Notes from a New Commentary on Statius’ Silvae Antonino Pittà 5 Commenting on the Silvae: Visuality, Versatility, Verisimilitude Kathleen M. Coleman Part 3 A Path to the Future: Statian Readings in Augustan Poetry 6 Errant Poetics: Rethinking a Comment on Silvae 2.2.83–85 Carole Newlands 7 Commenting on an Ovidian Model: An Authorized Desertion in Silvae 1.2 Gianpiero Rosati 8 The Hut and the Temple: Private Aetiology and Augustan Models in Silvae 3.1 Federica Bessone 9 Untying the Commentator’s Knot: Bonds and Lacunae in Silvae 4.4 and Propertius 2.1 Ana Lóio Index
