The amatory elegies of Johannes Secundus / / Paul Murgatroyd.
This volume contains the first translation into English of all the major love poetry of the Renaissance neo-Latin poet Johannes Secundus and the first detailed critical appreciation of the first two books of his Elegies and the Elegiae Sollemnes. The book consists of an introduction (on the poet...
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| Superior document: | Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; 28 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : Brill,, [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ;
28. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
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| Other title: | Elegiae. |
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| Summary: | This volume contains the first translation into English of all the major love poetry of the Renaissance neo-Latin poet Johannes Secundus and the first detailed critical appreciation of the first two books of his Elegies and the Elegiae Sollemnes. The book consists of an introduction (on the poet's life and works, characters in and dating of the amatory elegies, literary background etc.), facing Latin text and English translation of the Elegies, brief explanatory notes and full essays of appreciation, an appendix with a translation into English of the Basia and Epithalamium , and an index. This work contains extensive amounts of valuable information about Secundus' models, wit, style, sound, diction, placement, structure, manipulation of characters and themes, generic innovation etc. and facilitates a complete reappraisal of this major Renaissance love poet. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004452947 9789004116030 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Paul Murgatroyd. |