{"product_id":"an-anthology-of-neolatin-poetry-by-classical-scholars-9781350379442","title":"An Anthology of NeoLatin Poetry by Classical","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresenting a range of Neo-Latin poems written by distinguished classical scholars across Europe from \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e. 1490 to \u003ci\u003ec\u003c\/i\u003e. 1900, this anthology includes a selection of celebrated names in the history of scholarship.\u003c\/b\u003e Individual chapters present the Neo-Latin poems alongside new English translations (usually the first) and accompanying introductions and commentaries that annotate these verses for a modern readership, and contextualise them within the careers of their authors and the history of classical scholarship in the Renaissance and early modern period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn appealing feature of Renaissance and early modern Latinity is the composition of fine Neo-Latin poetry by major classical scholars, and the interface between this creative work and their scholarly research. In some cases, the two are actually combined in the same work. In others, the creative composition and scholarship accompany each other along parallel tracks, when scholars are moved to write their own ve\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume will be a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in the history of literature, education and scholarship. -- L. B. T. Houghton, Honorary Research Fellow in Greek and Latin, University College London, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors Preface  Introduction, \u003ci\u003eStephen J. Harrison (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  1. Poems of Printed Books: The Case of Niccolo Perotti's (1430-1480) Cornu Copiae, \u003ci\u003eMarianne Pade (Aarhus University, Denmark)\u003c\/i\u003e 2. The Natalis of Paolo Marsi (1440-1484), \u003ci\u003eRaphael Schwitter (University of Bonn, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. The Verses of Antonio de Nebrija (1444–1522) on the Philologist's Work of the Philologist and the Place of Greek, \u003ci\u003eWilliam M. Barton (University of Innsbruck, Austria)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Aldus Manutius (c. 1450-1515), Musarum Panagyris and Other Early Poems, \u003ci\u003eOren Margolis (University of East Anglia, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. An Elegiac Poem by Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558) on Sickness and Healing, \u003ci\u003eBobby Xinyue (King's College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Two Poems by Pietro Vettori (1499–1585), \u003ci\u003eAgnese D'Angelo (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)\u003c\/i\u003e 7. Jean Dorat (1508-1588): The Latin Lyrics of a Greek Professor, \u003ci\u003eStephen J. Harrison (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Janus Dousa (1545-1604): The Satires of a Dutch Scholar, \u003ci\u003eDavid Andrew Porter (Hunan Normal University, China)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. Editing Cicero (and Translating Aratus) in 16th Century Europe: Jan Kochanowski (1579) and Hugo Grotius (1600), \u003ci\u003eDaniele Pellacani (University of Bologna, Italy)\u003c\/i\u003e 10. John Barclay (1582-1621): The Argenis as a Station Scholar's Novel, \u003ci\u003eRuth Parkes (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 11. Spare Muses: Epigrams by the Cambridge Don James Duport (1606-1678), \u003ci\u003eThomas Matthew Vozar (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Hamburg, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e 12. Writing a Woman Scholar: Poems Around Birgitte Thott (1610-1662), \u003ci\u003eTrine Arlund Hass (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 13. The Plinian Dolphin: Johann Matthias Gesner (1691-1761), Carmina, \u003ci\u003eGesine Manuwald (University College London, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e 14. Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912), Reditus Augusti, an Horatian Mime, \u003ci\u003eFrancesco Citti (University of Bologna, Italy)\u003c\/i\u003e  Notes Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019653972311,"sku":"9781350379442","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/an-anthology-of-neolatin-poetry-by-classical-scholars-9781350379442","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}