Overview

Presenting a range of Neo-Latin poems written by distinguished classical scholars across Europe from c. 1490 to c. 1900, this anthology includes a selection of celebrated names in the history of scholarship. 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. An 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 verse in the style of the subjects of their academic endeavours. In still further cases, early modern scholars produced fine Latin verse as a result of the act of translation, as they attempted to render ancient Greek poetry in a fitting poetic form for their contemporary readers of Latin.

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Author:   Stephen Harrison (Professor of Latin Literature, University of Oxford, UK) ,  Dr. Gesine Manuwald (Senior Lecturer in Latin Language and Literature, University College London, UK) ,  William M. Barton (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies, Austria) ,  Bobby Xinyue (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in Latin Literature and Renaissance Studies, King's College London, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.40cm
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9781350379459

ISBN 10:   135037945
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   26 June 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Contributors Preface Introduction, Stephen J. Harrison (University of Oxford, UK) 1. Poems of Printed Books: The Case of Niccolo Perotti's (1430-1480) Cornu Copiae, Marianne Pade (Aarhus University, Denmark) 2. The Natalis of Paolo Marsi (1440-1484), Raphael Schwitter (University of Bonn, Germany) 3. The Verses of Antonio de Nebrija (1444–1522) on the Philologist's Work of the Philologist and the Place of Greek, William M. Barton (University of Innsbruck, Austria) 4. Aldus Manutius (c. 1450-1515), Musarum Panagyris and Other Early Poems, Oren Margolis (University of East Anglia, UK) 5. An Elegiac Poem by Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558) on Sickness and Healing, Bobby Xinyue (King's College London, UK) 6. Two Poems by Pietro Vettori (1499–1585), Agnese D'Angelo (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) 7. Jean Dorat (1508-1588): The Latin Lyrics of a Greek Professor, Stephen J. Harrison (University of Oxford, UK) 8. Janus Dousa (1545-1604): The Satires of a Dutch Scholar, David Andrew Porter (Hunan Normal University, China) 9. Editing Cicero (and Translating Aratus) in 16th Century Europe: Jan Kochanowski (1579) and Hugo Grotius (1600), Daniele Pellacani (University of Bologna, Italy) 10. John Barclay (1582-1621): The Argenis as a Station Scholar's Novel, Ruth Parkes (University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK) 11. Spare Muses: Epigrams by the Cambridge Don James Duport (1606-1678), Thomas Matthew Vozar (University of Hamburg, Germany) 12. Writing a Woman Scholar: Poems Around Birgitte Thott (1610-1662), Trine Arlund Hass (University of Oxford, UK) 13. The Plinian Dolphin: Johann Matthias Gesner (1691-1761), Carmina, Gesine Manuwald (University College London, UK) 14. Giovanni Pascoli (1855-1912), Reditus Augusti, an Horatian Mime, Francesco Citti (University of Bologna, Italy) Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

"""The collection is varied, with some excellent poems that give us a look at how some of our long-ago colleagues spent their leisure time. The translations are clear and accurate and the notes fill in the background a reader might need ... The bibliographies to each chapter are full and helpful. The book could be a gentle introduction to Renaissance scholarship or to Neo-Latin poetry. For a reader who is already acquainted with one or both of those areas, it is simply a fun read."" --Bryn Mawr Classical Review ""This 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"

The collection is varied, with some excellent poems that give us a look at how some of our long-ago colleagues spent their leisure time. The translations are clear and accurate and the notes fill in the background a reader might need ... The bibliographies to each chapter are full and helpful. The book could be a gentle introduction to Renaissance scholarship or to Neo-Latin poetry. For a reader who is already acquainted with one or both of those areas, it is simply a fun read. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * [An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry by Classical Scholars] offer[s] unique insights into the long-forgotten poetry that has had such a major influence in shaping the English language. * Sun News Austin * This 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 This is a very attractive volume, with some well-chosen texts and exemplary discussions. The central point … is conclusively demonstrated. * International Journal of the Classical Tradition *

The collection is varied, with some excellent poems that give us a look at how some of our long-ago colleagues spent their leisure time. The translations are clear and accurate and the notes fill in the background a reader might need ... The bibliographies to each chapter are full and helpful. The book could be a gentle introduction to Renaissance scholarship or to Neo-Latin poetry. For a reader who is already acquainted with one or both of those areas, it is simply a fun read. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * [An Anthology of Neo-Latin Poetry by Classical Scholars] offer[s] unique insights into the long-forgotten poetry that has had such a major influence in shaping the English language. * Sun News Austin * This 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

Author Information

William Barton is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Classical Philology and Neo-Latin Studies, University of Innsbruck, Austria. He is a co-editor of the Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series. Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature at the University of Oxford, UK, Senior Research Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and a co-editor of the Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series. Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London, UK, and President of the Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS). She is a co-editor of the Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series. Bobby Xinyue is Lecturer in Roman Culture at King's College London, UK, and a co-editor of the Bloomsbury Neo-Latin Series.

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