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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Publicado en:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 112; no. 4; pp. 113 - 155
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press 2023
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Sumario: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.