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Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aristotle provides a systematic yet accessible account of the reception of Aristotle’s philosophy in Antiquity. To date, there has been no comprehensive attempt to explain this complex phenomenon. This volume fills this lacuna by offering broad coverage of the subject from Hellenistic times to the sixth century AD. It is laid out chronologically and the 23 articles are divided into three sections: I. The Hellenistic Reception of Aristotle; II. The Post-Hellenistic Engagement with Aristotle; III. Aristotle in Late Antiquity. Topics include Aristotle and the Stoa, Andronicus of Rhodes and the construction of the Aristotelian corpus, the return to Aristotle in the first century BC, and the role of Alexander of Aphrodisias and Porphyry in the transmission of Aristotle's philosophy to Late Antiquity.

Philosophy, Ancient. --- Philosophie ancienne --- Aristotle --- Appreciation. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- Philosophy, Ancient --- Appreciation --- Criticism and interpretation --- Influence --- Art appreciation --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- History. --- Appreciation of art --- Art --- Reception of art --- Art criticism --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation --- Reception --- Aristoteles --- Aristote --- Arisṭāṭṭil --- Aristo, --- Aristotel --- Aristotele --- Aristóteles, --- Aristòtil --- Aristotile --- Arisṭū --- Arisṭūṭālīs --- Arisutoteresu --- Arystoteles --- Ya-li-shih-to-te --- Ya-li-ssu-to-te --- Yalishiduode --- Yalisiduode --- Ἀριστοτέλης --- Αριστοτέλης --- Аристотел --- ארסטו --- אריםטו --- אריסטו --- אריסטוטלס --- אריסטוטלוס --- אריסטוטליס --- أرسطاطاليس --- أرسططاليس --- أرسطو --- أرسطوطالس --- أرسطوطاليس --- ابن رشد --- اريسطو --- Pseudo Aristotele --- Pseudo-Aristotle --- アリストテレス --- Aristotle - Appreciation --- Aristotle - Criticism and interpretation --- Aristotle - Influence

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Now a byword for beauty, Verdi’s operas were far from universally acclaimed when they reached London in the second half of the nineteenth century. Why did some critics react so harshly? Who were they, and what biases and prejudices animated them? When did their antagonistic attitude change? And why did opera managers continue to produce Verdi’s works? Massimo Zicari’s Verdi in Victorian London reconstructs the reception of Verdi’s operas in London from 1844, when a first critical account was published in the pages of The Athenaeum, to 1901, when Verdi’s death received extensive tribute in The Musical Times. In the 1840s, certain journalists were positively hostile. The supercilious critic of The Athenaeum, Henry Fothergill Chorley, declared that Verdi’s melodies were worn, hackneyed and meaningless, his harmonies and progressions crude, his orchestration noisy. The scribes of The Times, The Musical World, The Illustrated London News, and The Musical Times all contributed to the critical hubbub. Over the final three decades of the nineteenth century, however, London’s musical milieu underwent changes of great magnitude, shifting the manner in which Verdi was conceptualised and making room for the powerful influence of Wagner. Nostalgic commentators began to lament the sad state of “the Land of Song,” referring to the now departed “palmy days of Italian opera.” Zicari charts this entire cultural constellation. Verdi in Victorian London is required reading for both academics and opera aficionados. Music specialists will value a historical reconstruction that stems from a large body of first-hand source material, while Verdi lovers and Italian opera addicts will enjoy vivid analysis free from technical jargon. For students, scholars and plain readers alike, this book is an illuminating addition to the study of music reception.

Opera. --- Art appreciation. --- Verdi, Giuseppe, --- England --- Appreciation of art --- Art --- Reception of art --- Art criticism --- Comic opera --- Lyric drama --- Opera --- Opera, Comic --- Operas --- Drama --- Dramatic music --- Singspiel --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation --- Reception --- History and criticism --- Verdi, Giuseppe --- Verdi, Dzhuzepe --- Verdi, Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco --- Verdis, Dž. --- Verdi, G. --- Verudi, G. --- Wei'erdi --- ליאונקובלו, ר. --- רדדי, ג. --- ڤيردي، جيوسپي، --- Verdi, József --- Verdi, Jakab --- Verdi, Joseph --- Verdi, Giuseppo --- Verdi, D. --- Verdi, Dzh. --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- nineteenth century --- giuseppe verdi --- music reception --- victorian london --- italian opera --- Italy --- La traviata --- Richard Wagner --- The Times --- History and criticism. --- Appreciation.