Investigating the oeuvre of the Italian humanist Francesco Filelfo (1398-1481), this collection is the first to make extensive use of the critical editions of Filelfo’s numerous writings – in particular of his
Epistolarium, published in 2016 by Jeroen De Keyser, who also edited this volume. Uncovering a lot of new information not previously mentioned in the literature on Filelfo, twelve specialized scholars draw attention to long-neglected material, shedding new light on Filelfo’s intellectual endeavors and his literary journey between Greek and Latin. This illuminating collection offers historians of ideas as well as literary scholars and Neo-Latinists new inroads into Filelfo’s vast oeuvre, and through it to the world of Quattrocento humanism.
Contributors include: Jean-Louis Charlet, Guy Claessens, Jeroen De Keyser, Tom Deneire, Ide François, James Hankins, Noreen Humble, Gary Ianziti, Han Lamers, David Marsh, John Monfasani, and Jan Papy.
Jeroen De Keyser (PhD Turin, 2008) is Professor of Latin at KU Leuven and general editor of
Humanistica Lovaniensia. His interests include textual criticism and Quattrocento Humanism. He published Filelfo’s Xenophon translations (2012),
De exilio (2013),
Sphortias (2015) and
Collected Letters (2016).
"...ricca miscellanea [...] con una bibliografia corposa e un prezioso indice dei nomi."
Simone Miolano, Università Firenze, in
Medioevo greco, vol. 20, pp. 404-405.
List of Contributors
Introduction: A Century of Filelfo Studies Jeroen De Keyser
Greekness
Filelfo and the Byzantines John Monfasani
Hellenism and Cultural Unease in Italian Humanism: The Case of Francesco Filelfo Han Lamers
Philosophy
Filelfo’s Plato: Always Already There Guy Claessens
Epicureanism and Stoicism in Francesco Filelfo’s Letters: A Reconsideration Jan Papy
Histories
Filelfo and the Spartans James Hankins
Filelfo and the Writing of History Gary Ianziti
Rivalry
Erudition, Emulation and Enmity in the Dedication Letters to Filelfo’s Greek to Latin Translations Noreen Humble
Francesco Filelfo as a Writer of Invective David Marsh
Form
La métrique latine de Filelfo: épopée, satire, élégie, ode Jean-Louis Charlet
Filelfo, Cicero and Epistolary Style: A Computational Study Tom Deneire
Bibliography Index Nominum
Libraries and scholars interested in 15th-century Italian humanism or in Neo-Latin literature. Also reading material for graduate and advanced undergraduate students carrying out research on these topics.