Autore: Vogt-Spira, Gregor
Titolo: Erasmus’ Ciceronianus und der imitatio-Diskurs der Antike
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Scheidegger Laemmle, Cédric (ed.), Cicero in Basel, Locating Classical Reception in a Humanist City, De Gruyter, 2024, 374 p.
Luogo edizione: Berlin, Boston
Editore: De Gruyter
Anno edizione: 2024
Pagine: 153-178
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Gregor Vogt-Spira discusses Erasmus’ satirical reckoning with the Ciceronian controversies in his Ciceronianus sive de optimo genere dicendi which was first published by Froben in 1528 – the same year that saw the publication of Cratander’s monumental edition (see above, p. 12) and the erection of the first honorary image in Basel of the city’s ‘Ciceronian’ founder, Plancus (see above, p. 10). Vogt-Spira’s interpretation reveals that Erasmus’s dialogue rephrases the Ciceronian controversy as a fundamental discussion about the nature of mimesis that not only bears on the normative value ascribed to Cicero’s writing but more fundamentally on the nature and dynamics of cultural change. Under the sign of satire, Erasmus exposes fundamental tensions in, and thus invites reflection on, the principal tenet of Renaissance-Humanism that cultural progress can be achieved through a return to the canons of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Ultimately, the Ciceronianus shows the need to mediate and adapt the classical inheritance and measures literary aesthetic against Christian ethics [Scheidegger Laemmle 2024, 13-14].
Link: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111454641-009/pdf
Sigla autore: Vogt-Spira 2024
Titolo: Erasmus’ Ciceronianus und der imitatio-Diskurs der Antike
Rivista/Miscellanea: In : Scheidegger Laemmle, Cédric (ed.), Cicero in Basel, Locating Classical Reception in a Humanist City, De Gruyter, 2024, 374 p.
Luogo edizione: Berlin, Boston
Editore: De Gruyter
Anno edizione: 2024
Pagine: 153-178
Parole chiave: Héritage - Fortuna - Legacy
Descrizione: Gregor Vogt-Spira discusses Erasmus’ satirical reckoning with the Ciceronian controversies in his Ciceronianus sive de optimo genere dicendi which was first published by Froben in 1528 – the same year that saw the publication of Cratander’s monumental edition (see above, p. 12) and the erection of the first honorary image in Basel of the city’s ‘Ciceronian’ founder, Plancus (see above, p. 10). Vogt-Spira’s interpretation reveals that Erasmus’s dialogue rephrases the Ciceronian controversy as a fundamental discussion about the nature of mimesis that not only bears on the normative value ascribed to Cicero’s writing but more fundamentally on the nature and dynamics of cultural change. Under the sign of satire, Erasmus exposes fundamental tensions in, and thus invites reflection on, the principal tenet of Renaissance-Humanism that cultural progress can be achieved through a return to the canons of Graeco-Roman antiquity. Ultimately, the Ciceronianus shows the need to mediate and adapt the classical inheritance and measures literary aesthetic against Christian ethics [Scheidegger Laemmle 2024, 13-14].
Link: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111454641-009/pdf
Sigla autore: Vogt-Spira 2024
