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The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature general editors DAVID HOPKINS and CHARLES MARTINDALE 1 The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (OHCREL) is designed to offer a comprehensive investigation of the numerous and diverse ways in which literary texts of the classical world have been responded to and refash- ioned by English writers. Covering the full range of English literature from the early Middle Ages to the present day, OHCREL both synthesizes existing scholarship and presents cutting-edge new research, employing an international team of expert contributors for each of the 5 volumes. 1. 800–1558 2. 1558–1660 3. 1660–1790 4. 1790–1880 5. after 1880 For a statement of the general principles informing OHCREL, and of the coverage and scope of the History as a whole, readers are referred to the editors’ Preface to Volume 3. The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature Volume 1 (800–1558) edited by RITA COPELAND 1 3 Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2016 The moral rights of the authors have been asserted First Edition published in 2016 Impression: 1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by licence or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Data available Library of Congress Control Number: 2015938218 ISBN 978–0–19–958723–0 Printed in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, St Ives plc Links to third party websites are provided by Oxford in good faith and for information only. Oxford disclaims any responsibility for the materials contained in any third party website referenced in this work. Contents List of Figures viii List of Abbreviations ix List of Contributors x Note to Readers on the Conventions Followed in this Volume xi 1. Introduction: England and the Classics from the Early Middle Ages to Early Humanism 1 rita copeland 2. The Curricular Classics in the Middle Ages 21 rita copeland 3. Experiencing the Classics in Medieval Education 35 marjorie curry woods 4. The Trivium and the Classics 53 rita copeland 5. The Quadrivium and Natural Sciences 77 winston black 6. The Transmission and Circulation of Classical Literature: Libraries and Florilegia 95 james willoughby 7. Mythography and Mythographical Collections 121 nicolette zeeman 8. Academic Prologues to Authors 151 rita copeland 9. Virgil 165 jan m. ziolkowski 10. Ovid and Ovidianism 187 suzanne conklin akbari 11. Lucan 209 alfred hiatt Contents 12. Statius 227 winthrop wetherbee 13. Trojan Itineraries and the Matter of Troy 251 marilynn desmond 14. Boethius’ De consolatione philosophiae 269 ian cornelius 15. Moral Philosophy and Wisdom Literature 299 charles f. briggs 16. Historiography and Biography from the Period of Gildas to Gerald of Wales 323 cam grey 17. Prudentius and the Late Classical Biblical Epics of Juvencus, Proba, Sedulius, Arator, and Avitus 351 ad putter 18. John of Salisbury, Academic Scepticism, and Ciceronian Rhetoric 377 dallas g. denery ii 19. Alliterative Poetry and the Time of Antiquity 391 emily steiner 20. Other Worlds: Chaucer’s Classicism 413 alastair minnis 21. Gower’s Ovids 435 andrew galloway 22. John Lydgate and the Remaking of Classical Epic 465 robert r. edwards 23. Early Humanism in England 487 daniel wakelin 24. Survey of Henrician Humanism 515 james p. carley and ágnes juhász-ormsby 25. John Skelton 541 david r. carlson 26. Gavin Douglas’s Eneados 561 nicola royan vi Contents 27. Finding a Vernacular Voice: The Classical Translations of Sir Thomas Wyatt 583 cathy shrank 28. The Aeneid Translations of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey: The Exiled Reader’s Presence 601 james simpson Select Bibliography of Ancient Sources (including late antiquity and early Christian writings) 625 General Reference Works for Reception: Libraries, Textual Transmission, Historical Sources 633 Studies on Ancient Authors and Classical Reception 637 Medieval: Primary Sources 645 Medieval: Secondary Sources 659 Early Humanism: Primary Sources 699 Early Humanism: Secondary Sources 705 Index 719 vii List of Figures 1. The Trojans drag the wooden horse into Troy. London, British Library, MS Royal 20 D I, Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César (second redaction), fol. 167v. © British Library Board. 258 2. Gavin Douglas, The ·xiii. bukes of Eneados of the famose poete Virgill translatet out of Latyne verses into Scottish metir (London, 1553), p. 90, folio Niii. EEBO image 89, recto. Reproduced by permission of the Henry Huntington Art Gallery, San Marino, Calif. 608 3. Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, The fourth boke of Virgill, intreating of the loue betweene Aeneas and Dido (London, 1554), folio Dii recto and Diii verso, EEBO images 14–15. Reproduced by permission of the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin. 609 List of Abbreviations AHDLMA Archives d’histoire doctrinale et littéraire au moyen âge CBMLC Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues CCCM Corpus Christianorum continuatio medievalis CCSL Corpus Christianorum series latina CLA Codices latini antiquiores CSEL Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum EETS Early English Text Society EETS es Early English Text Society extra series EETS ss Early English Text Society supplementary series EHR English Historical Review ELH English Literary History MGH Monumenta Germaniae historica PG J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus series graeca, 161 vols, Paris, 1857–66 PL J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus series latina, 221 vols Paris, 1844–64 PMLA Publications of the Modern Language Association of America STC/RSTC A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475–1640, eds A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave, 2nd edn rev. W. A. Jackson et al., 3 vols (London, 1976–91)

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