Anthology of neo-Latin literature in British universities.

Format:

Book

Series:

Bloomsbury neo-Latin series: early modern texts and anthologies.

Bloomsbury neo-Latin series: early modern texts and anthologies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Great Britain.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Compiled by a team of experts in the field, this volume showcases an array of Latin texts produced in the context of British universities from c. 1500 to 1800. It includes a general introduction and bibliography to the Neo-Latin literature produced at universities during these centuries, as well as 12 high-quality Latin extracts with accompanying English translations and notes. Passages are taken from documents composed in Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh and St Andrews, and include a wide range of material assembled by early modern individuals or by teams of people that might involve scholars, students or both, from orations and commentaries to collections of occasional verse, correspondence, notebooks and university drama. This anthology as a whole conveys a sense of the extent of Latin's role in the academy and the span of activities in which it was deployed. Far from simply offering a snapshot of discrete projects, the contributions collectively offer insights into the broader culture of the academy over this extended period, engaging with the administrative operations of institutions, pedagogical processes and academic approaches, but also high-level disputes and the universities' relationship with the worlds of politics, new science and intellectual developments elsewhere in Europe. Introductions to each section and accompanying notes provide orientation for each of the texts that ensure the volume's accessibility to scholars and students at all levels of familiarity with Neo-Latin."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction

(Gesine Manuwald, UCL, UK and Lucy R. Nicholas, KCL, UK)

Texts

1

Inaugural Lectures from Cambridge

Richard Croke, Orationes duae (1519) (Aaron Kachuk, University of Cambridge, UK)

2

Philology in Letters

Stephen Gardiner and John Cheke ( c. 1542) (Micha Lazarus, University of Cambridge, UK)

3

Education Advice to Students

Nicholas Carr, De scriptorium Britannicorum paucitate et studiorum impedimentis oratio (1576) (Gareth Williams, Columbia University, USA)

4

Coronation Writing from Scotland

Andrew Melville, Stephaniskion (1590) (Stephen J. Harrison, University of Oxford, UK)

5

University Theses from Edinburgh

University Theses 1608-1650 based on Adam King, Selections (David McOmish, University of Glasgow, UK)

6

University Drama from Oxford

Christopher Wren, Physiponomachia (1609-1611), Selection (Elizabeth Sandis, Institute for English Studies, UK)

7

Marriage Writing from Oxford

Epithalamia Oxoniensia (1625) (Caroline Spearing, University of Exeter, UK)

8

Oratory from Cambridge

James Duport, Aurum potest produci per artem chymicam ( c. 1631) (Tommi Alho, êAbo Akademi University, Finland)

9

Poetry on Peace from Cambridge

Selections from the Cambridge Book of 1697 (David Money, University of Cambridge, UK)

10

Disputation Verse from Oxford and Cambridge

Selection of Examples (William M. Barton, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies, Austria)

11

University Drama

Selections (Alison Shell, UCL, UK)

12

University Writing from Ireland

Selection of Material from Trinity College Dublin (Jason Harris, University College Cork, Ireland)

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781350160293

OCLC:

1289456101

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.