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Scaliger, Julius Caesar
Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484–1558), classical scholar, born at Riva on Lake Garda, settled at Agen in France as a physician. In the Renaissance debate about the purity of Latin, he was an advocate of Cicero and so found himself in dispute with Erasmus, against whom he wrote two tracts (1531, 1536). He wrote an important treatise on poetics (1561) which contained the earliest expression of the conventions of classical tragedy.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Scaliger, Julius Caesar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Scaliger, Julius Caesar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ScaligerJuliusCaesar1.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Scaliger, Julius Caesar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ScaligerJuliusCaesar1.html |
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Scaliger, Julius Caesar
Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1540–1609), the son of J. C. Scaliger, one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissance; he has been described as ‘the founder of historical criticism’. He edited Manilius (1579) and issued critical editions of many classical authors.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Scaliger, Julius Caesar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Scaliger, Julius Caesar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ScaligerJuliusCaesar.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Scaliger, Julius Caesar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ScaligerJuliusCaesar.html |
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