UID:
almafu_9960119075002883
Format:
1 online resource (xxviii, 488 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781139248914
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1-316-84868-X
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1-316-84952-X
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1-139-24891-X
Content:
Latin was for many centuries the common literary language of Europe, and Latin literature of immense range, stylistic power and social and political significance was produced throughout Europe and beyond from the time of Petrarch (c.1400) well into the eighteenth century. This is the first available work devoted specifically to the enormous wealth and variety of neo-Latin literature, and offers both essential background to the understanding of this material and sixteen chapters by leading scholars which are devoted to individual forms. Each contributor relates a wide range of fascinating but now little-known texts to the handful of more familiar Latin works of the period, such as Thomas More's Utopia, Milton's Latin poetry and the works of Petrarch and Erasmus. All Latin is translated throughout the volume.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Mar 2017).
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Introduction: Neo-Latin literature /
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Conjuring with the classics: Neo-Latin poets and their pagan familiars /
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Neo-Latin literature and the vernacular /
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How the young man should study Latin poetry: Neo-Latin literature and early modern education /
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The Republic of Letters: across Europe and beyond /
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Epigram /
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Elegy /
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Lyric /
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Verse letters /
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Verse satire /
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Pastoral /
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Didactic poetry /
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Epic /
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Drama /
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Approaching Neo-Latin prose as literature /
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Epistolary writing /
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Oratory and declamation /
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Dialogue /
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Shorter prose fiction /
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Longer prose fiction /
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Prose satire /
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Historiography /
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Using manuscripts and early printed books /
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Editing Neo-Latin literature /
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-02929-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107029293
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108820066
Language:
English
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