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Chapter 4: Non Tacita … Vita: Mansus, Biography, and Miltonic Autobiography.

The article explores how biography can immortalize individuals, examining Latin elegiac poem "Mansus," by John Milton which incorporates brief biographies of Italian scholar Giovanni Battista Manso, poet Torquato Tasso, and Milton himself. It highlights the atypical headnote in the poem, which serve...

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Published in:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 113 - 155
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2023
Subjects:
Autobiography
Biography (Literary form)
Italian literature
Bereavement
Friendship
Medieval literature
Scholarly method
Literary form
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Summary:The article explores how biography can immortalize individuals, examining Latin elegiac poem "Mansus," by John Milton which incorporates brief biographies of Italian scholar Giovanni Battista Manso, poet Torquato Tasso, and Milton himself. It highlights the atypical headnote in the poem, which serves as a biography of Manso, summarizing his reputation and accomplishments. It discusses Manso's role in supporting Tasso's literary productivity, drawing on the Neapolitan landscape.