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Versificandi mania : University Teaching of Greek and Greek Verse and Prose in dissertations in Sweden

Akujärvi, Johanna LU (2021) In Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History p.251-278
Abstract
In his history of Swedish poets who wrote in (Humanist) Greek (1785–9), Matthias Floderus claimed that before his time such a mania for versification raged in the Swedish universities in Uppsala, Turku, Tartu, and Lund that hardly one academic specimen appeared without it being embellished with Greek verses by students – also prose texts occur. That claim is only slightly exaggerated. This paper proposes to explore this overabundance of paratextual Greek verse and prose in Swedish university dissertations in conjunction with the development of Greek teaching in Sweden. The authors range from students to professors; when written by students, they give direct access to one palpable result of the professors’ teaching
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Humanist Greek, Humanist Greek in Sweden, Humanist Greek Swedish Empire, Dissertations, Dissertations in Sweden, Paratexts, Paratexts in dissertations
host publication
When Greece Flew across the Alps : The Study of Greek in Early Modern Europe - The Study of Greek in Early Modern Europe
series title
Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History
editor
Ciccolella, Federica
pages
28 pages
publisher
Brill
ISBN
978-90-04-17942-4
978-90-04-18189-2
DOI
10.1163/9789004181892_012
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Helleno-Nordica. The Humanist Greek Heritage of the Swedish Empire
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English
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yes
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677de85c-d645-44d2-b79e-26c2d06be599
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  author       = {{Akujärvi, Johanna}},
  booktitle    = {{When Greece Flew across the Alps : The Study of Greek in Early Modern Europe}},
  editor       = {{Ciccolella, Federica}},
  isbn         = {{978-90-04-17942-4}},
  keywords     = {{Humanist Greek; Humanist Greek in Sweden; Humanist Greek Swedish Empire; Dissertations; Dissertations in Sweden; Paratexts; Paratexts in dissertations}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{251--278}},
  publisher    = {{Brill}},
  series       = {{Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History}},
  title        = {{Versificandi mania : University Teaching of Greek and Greek Verse and Prose in dissertations in Sweden}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004181892_012}},
  doi          = {{10.1163/9789004181892_012}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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