Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles
Luke Houghton, Gesine Manuwald · 2012
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A well focused collection of case studies of sixteenth to eighteenth-century English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish neo-Latin poets by scholars from a variety of backgrounds, giving broad coverage to a high scholarly standard 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
Book details
- Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9781780930145
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