A literary history of Latin & English poetry : bilingual verse culture in early modern England / Victoria Moul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moul, Victoria, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English poetry.

English poetry--18th century--History and criticism.

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--England--History and criticism.

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--Appreciation--England.

Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--Translations into English--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 586 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

A literary history of Latin and English poetry

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Victoria Moul's groundbreaking study uncovers one of the most important features of early modern English poetry: its bilingualism. The first guide to a forgotten literary landscape, this book considers the vast quantities of poetry that were written and read in both Latin and English from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Introducing readers to a host of new authors and drawing on hundreds of manuscript as well as print sources, it also reinterprets a series of landmarks in English poetry within a bilingual literary context. Ranging from Tottel's miscellany to the hymns of Isaac Watts, via Shakespeare, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell, Milton and Cowley, this revelatory survey shows how the forms and fashions of contemporary Latin verse informed key developments in English poetry. As the complex, highly creative interactions between the two languages are revealed, the work reshapes our understanding of what 'English' literary history means.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Jun 2022).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108131667 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.