Roscoe and Italy: The Reception of Italian Renaissance History and Culture in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

by Stella Fletcher

Overview

In 1795 William Roscoe (1753–1831) published a biography of Lorenzo de' Medici, which proved so popular that it prompted claims that Roscoe had effectively invented the Italian Renaissance as it has been known by subsequent generations of readers in the English-speaking world. Despite such enthusiastic assertions, however, this collection of essays is the first systematic attempt to examine Roscoe and his contribution towards modern conceptions of the Renaissance. Covering a range of subjects from art history and literature, to politics and culture, the volume provides a fascinating picture both of Roscoe and his historical legacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409471264
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	12/28/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Stella Fletcher is Associate Fellow, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1, Stella Fletcher; Part I Roscoe and the Revival of the Arts; Chapter 1a Between History and Art History: Roscoe's Medici Lives, Emanuele Pellegrini; Chapter 2 Roscoe's Lorenzo: 'Restorer of Italian Literature', Corinna Salvadori Lonergan; Chapter 3 Roscoe's Italian Paintings in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Xanthe Brooke; Part II Roscoe as Biographer; Chapter 4 William Roscoe and his Lorenzo de' Medici, Cecil H. Clough; Chapter 5 William Roscoe and Lorenzo de' Medici as Statesman, John E. Law; Chapter 6 William Roscoe's Life of Leo X and Correspondence with Angelo Fabroni, D.S. Chambers; Part III The Roscoe Circle and Italy; Chapter 7 William Clarke and the Roscoe Circle, Arline Wilson; Chapter 8, David Rundle; Chapter 9, Andrea M. Galdy; Part IV Wider Dissemination; Chapter 10 Roscoe's Renaissance in America, Melissa Meriam Bullard;