Neo-Latin literature and literary culture in early modern Scotland / edited by Steven J. Reid and David McOmish.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reid, Steven J.

McOmish, David.

Series:

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 260.

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 260

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin literature, Medieval and modern--Scotland--History and criticism.

Latin literature, Medieval and modern.

Latin language--Study and teaching--Scotland.

Latin language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Summary:

Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland is the first detailed examination of the vibrant culture of literature written by Scots in Latin in the late-sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The essays in this collection draw on several recent ground-breaking research projects to examine a wide variety of aspects of Scottish Latin culture, including: Scottish participation in Latinate humanist circles across Europe, particularly in France and England; scientific, philosophical and didactic Latin culture in Scotland prior to the Scientific Revolution; and the reception of classical literature in Scotland, particularly Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. It also features in-depth examinations and translated excerpts of several key works, including the Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum (Amsterdam, 1637) and The Muses' Welcome (Edinburgh, 1618). Contributors are: Alexander Broadie, Robert Cummings, Alexander Farquhar, Roger Green, L.B.T. Houghton, Miles Kerr-Peterson, Ralph McLean, David McOmish, Gesine Manuwald, William Poole, and Steven J. Reid.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Steven J. Reid

1 France through the Eyes of Scottish Neo-Latinists: Snapshots from the Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum / Steven J. Reid

2 A Community of Scholarship: Latin Literature and Scientific Discourse in Early-Modern Scotland / David McOmish

3 The Scottish Fourth Eclogue / L.B.T. Houghton

4 Peter Goldman: A Dundee Poet and Physician in the Republic of Letters / William Poole

5 The King Returns: The Muses' Welcome (1618) / Roger P.H. Green

6 Andrew Melville, the "Anti-Tami-Cami-Categoria", and the English Church / Robert Cummings

7 A Classic Send-Off: The Funeral Oration of George Keith, Fourth Earl Marischal (1623) / Miles Kerr-Peterson

8 Arthur Johnston (c. 1579-1641): A Scottish Neo-Latin Poet in Europe / Alexander Farquhar

9 Arthur Johnston's "Dedication" to the Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum / Gesine Manuwald

10 James Dundas on Seneca, Descartes and the Fall / Alexander Broadie

11 The Decline of Latin in the Scottish Universities / Ralph McLean

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

90-04-33073-9

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004330733 DOI