Prolegomena to a new critical edition of Lucretius

卢克莱修新批评版序言提图斯·卢克莱修·卡鲁斯（Titus Lucretius Carus，约公元前 97-55 年）的说教诗 De rerum natura（论事物的本质）经历了一次伟大的复兴，因为斯蒂芬·格林布拉特在他的普利策奖获奖著作《转向》中指出，1417 年卢克莱修的重新发现标志着从中世纪到现代的象征性转折点。然而，这首诗的文本（六本书约 7500 行）内容困难且传播不良，仍然缺乏真正的批评版本。我的研究项目将弥补这一差距。它将为 Teubneriana 图书馆（出版社：Walter de Gruyter）推出卢克莱修的新版本，其中加洛林王朝和人文主义的传播将首次在明确制定的可验证标准的基础上进行批判性地呈现。在资助阶段，我将最终确定我的版本的关键装置，并与序言（初步评论）一起编写一本姊妹篇，这将确保我在处理手稿时的关键决策的透明度。它将由两章组成，第一章讨论加洛林王朝，第二章讨论卢克莱修的文艺复兴手稿。他们将分析这些复杂的文本传统，并以此为基础详细展示哪些读物将被包含或排除在我的设备之外。版本、序言和评论（已在手稿中完成）将形成一个大型综合体，并为未来卢克莱修在各个学科的工作奠定坚实的基础：例如翻译，以及哲学、科学和接受史研究，以及语言、文学和文化研究。

Prolegomena to a new critical edition of LucretiusThe didactic poem De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things) of Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 97-55 BC) experiences a great renaissance in the moment since Stephen Greenblatt has argued in his Pulitzer price winning book The Swerve that the rediscovery of Lucretius in 1417 marks the symbolic turning point from Middle Ages to modern times. However, the difficult and badly transmitted text of the poem (about 7500 lines in six books) still lacks a truely critical edition. My research project shall close this gap. It will lead to a new edition of Lucretius for the Bibliotheca Teubneriana (publishing house: Walter de Gruyter) in which the Carolingian and humanistic transmission will be critically presented for the first time on the basis of explictily developed and thus verifiable criteria. During the funding phase I will finalise the critical apparatus of my edition and write a companion volume with Prolegomena (Preliminary Remarks) which will ensure transparency about my critical decisions in dealing with the manuscripts. It will consist of two chapters, the first treating the Carolingian, the second the renaissance manuscripts of Lucretius. They will analyse these complex textual traditions and use them as the basis to show in detail which readings will be included or excluded from my apparatus. Edition, Prolegomena, and a commentary (already finished in manuscript) will form a large synthesis and build a solid foundation for future work on Lucretius in various disciplines: for instance for translations, as well as for studies in the history of philosophy, sciences, and reception and for linguistic, literary, and cultural studies.