Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780930143 ISBN 13: 9781780930145

Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 2012

Synopsis

Investigation of the Latin poetry produced by British poets from the sixteenth century onwards affords an indispensible insight into a dominant strand in the intellectual, cultural and educational life of the British Isles during this period. At this time, the composition of Latin poetry was a regular feature of school curricula and a popular leisure-time activity of the educated elite. Such examination also sheds light on the poetic principles and practice of major British poets (such as Campion, Cowley, Herbert and Milton) who penned a large quantity of neo-Latin verse in addition to their better-known vernacular works.

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About the Authors

Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London, UK, and President of the Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS). She has published a number of articles on early modern Latin literature and edited the collected volume Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles (2012) with Luke Houghton.

Luke Houghton teaches Classics at Rugby School, UK, and is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Department of Greek and Latin at University College London, UK. He has published widely on early-modern Latin literature and has co-edited Perceptions of Horace (Bloomsbury, 2009), Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles (Bloomsbubry, 2012) and Virgil and Renaissance Culture (2018). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for Neo-Latin Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780930143
• ISBN 13: 9781780930145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Manuwald Gesine, Houghton L. B. T.