History of Classical Philology: From Bentley to the 20th century

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An updated history of classical philology had long been a desideratum of scholars of the ancient world. The volume edited by Diego Lanza and Gherardo Ugolini is structured in three parts. In the first one ("Towards a science of antiquity") the approach of Anglo-Saxon philology (R. Bentley) and the institutionalization of the discipline in the German academic world (C.G. Heyne and F.A. Wolf) are described. In the second part ("The illusion of the archetype. Classical Studies in the Germany of the 19th Century") the theoretical contributions and main methodological disputes that followed are analysed (K. Lachmann, J.G. Hermann, A. Boeckh, F. Nietzsche and U. von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff). The last part ("The classical philology of the 20th century") treats the redefinition of classical studies after the Great War in Germany (W. Jaeger) and in Italy (G. Pasquali). In this context, the contributions of papyrology and of the new images of antiquity that have emerged in the works of writers, narrators, and translators of our time have been considered. This part finishes with the presentation of some of the most influential scholars of the last decades (B. Snell, E.R. Dodds, J.-P. Vernant, B. Gentili, N. Loraux). Preface to the Current Edition Contents Introduction Part I: Towards a Science of Antiquity Richard Bentley and Philology as the Art of Conjecture Christian Gottlob Heyne: New Ways of Studying Antiquity Friedrich August Wolf and the Birth of the Altertumswissenschaft Humboldt, the Classical Gymnasium, and the University of Berlin Part II: The Illusion of the Archetype. Classical Studies in Nineteenth-Century Germany Karl Lachmann: Method and Science Hermann contra Boeckh: Formal Philology and Historical Philology Nietzsche and the Controversy over the Tragic Wilamowitz: Philology as ‘Totality’ Part III: Classical Philology in the Twentieth- Century Werner Jaeger and the Third Humanism Giorgio Pasquali and Philology as a Historical Science New Antiquities: The Papyri Retelling Antiquity: Words and Images Postwar Philology: New Perspectives Works of Classical Philology: A Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index of Names