RT Article
T1 Imitating Ovid to the Greater Glory of God
JF Journal of Jesuit studies
VO 1
IS 3
SP 419
OP 442
A1 Eickmeyer, Jost 1979-
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1561963240
AB Between 1514 and 1663 the genre known as Heroides, coined by Ovid, was maintained almost entirely by modern Latin poets. This article considers this period, which has up to now remained almost unheeded in the history of the genre. It looks at the collections of epistles by relevant authors (Eobanus Hessus, Andreas Alenus, Jacob Bidermann, Balduinus Cabillavius, Jean Vincart, Jacob Balde) in their context within literary history and considers the various ends they served, with a focus on their representations of Jesuit history and culture. Their relations to contemporary poetological discourses, represented for example by the Jesuit scholar Antonio Possevino, are addressed as well as their use of pictural media as in the case of Jean Vincart’s heroic epistles.
K1 early modern poetry : Jesuit poetry : European reception of Ovid : emblems
DO 10.1163/22141332-00103004