Inter Tibullos: Name-Checking Tibullus in Renaissance Latin Poetry
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Twentieth-century neglect of Tibullus is offset by the prominent position accorded to the elegist in earlier literary catalogues of elegiac, amatory and other poets. Latin authors of the Renaissance are enthusiastic in their praise of Tibullus, often employing terminology borrowed from or modelled on expressions in ancient literary criticism, and engagement with Tibullus’ own texts can likewise be used to convey appreciation of the poet’s literary stature. For elegists and literary commentators of the early modern period, Tibullus is a recurring fixture in lists of literary predecessors, and his name can even be deployed to represent the elegiac genre as a whole, suggesting that for writers of this period Tibullus played a crucial part in defining the character of Latin elegy and shaping attitudes towards this poetic form.
keywordsTibullus, elegy, Renaissance Latin poetry, neo-Latin, allusionBiografia dell'autoreRoyal Holloway, University of London. Email: luke.houghton@rhul.ac.uk |
