This book sheds new light on the question of authorship in Neo-Latin literature. It shows that authorship was not something to be automatically assumed, but was chiefly imparted by the paratextual features of a work, such as letters of dedication, prefaces, and author portraits. This study examines the strategies and tools used by authors to assert their authorial aspirations, which in turn enabled them to incorporate themselves into secular, ecclesiastical, and intellectual power structures.

Karl Enenkel is emeritus professor of medieval and Neo-Latin literature at the University of Münster. He has published five monographs and some one hundred and forty articles and edited more than forty collective volumes. Recently, he concluded a critical commented edition of Erasmus’ Apophthegmata, books V–VIII, which is published in the ASD series published by Brill.

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Karl A.E. Enenkel, Authorship in Neo-Latin Literature (c. 1350–c. 1650). On Authorisation and Transmission of Knowledge via Dedications, Prefaces, Author Portraits and Depictions of Dedication Scenes, Boston–Leyde, Brill, 2026 ; 1 vol., LVI–676 p. (Intersections, 102). ISBN : 978-90-04-73147-9. Prix : € 215,00.

Source : Brill