An Anthology of British Neo-Latin Literature

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This volume offers a wide range of sample passages from literature written in Latin in the British Isles during the period from about 1500 to 1800. It includes a general introduction to and bibliography to the Latin literature of these centuries, as well as Latin texts with English translations, introductions and notes. These texts present a rich panorama of the different literary genres, styles and themes flourishing at the time, illustrating the role of Latin texts in the development of literary genres, the diversity of authors writing in Latin in early modern Britain, and the importance of Latin in contemporary political, religious and scientific debates. The collection, which includes both texts by well-known authors (such as John Milton, Thomas More and George Buchanan) and previously unpublished items, can be used as a point of entry for students at school and university level, but will also be of interest to specialists in a number of academic disciplines. Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations List of Contributors Preface Introduction Neo-Latin as a literary medium British Neo-Latin literature Overview of Neo-Latin literary genres Aims and coverage of this volume Latin texts: sources and conventions Further reading 1 Utopia: Elsewhere and Nowhere Thomas More (1478–1535), Extracts from Utopia Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 2 An Early Tudor Antiquarian at Bath John Leland (c. 1503–1552), De thermis Britannicis Introduction Notes Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 3 The Nature of the Universe George Buchanan (1506–1582), De sphaera 1.1–51 Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 4 A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth I’s Coronation in Verse Walter Haddon (1515–1572), In . . . Elisabethae regimen Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 5 The Latin University Orations of Queen Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Speeches of 1566 and 1592 Introduction Bibliography Sources of the Latin text and the English translation Latin text English translation Commentary 6 Female Funerary Verse Elizabeth Cooke Hoby Russell (1540–1609), Epitaphic Poems Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin Text English translation Commentary 7 On Writing about Britain William Camden (1551–1623), Prefatory Letter to Britannia Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text Modern English translation Commentary Appendix: contemporary English translation 8 A Birthday Poem for Christ Adam King (c. 1560–1620), Genethliacon Iesu Christi ( c. 1586) Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 9 On Poetry, Politics and Religion John Owen (1560?–1622), Selection of Epigrams Introduction Bibliography Sources of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 10 A Comic Exorcism George Ruggle (1575– c. 1622), Ignoramus IV 11 (Excerpt) Introduction Notes Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 11 ‘Dazel’d Thus with Height of Place’: An English Lyric in Two Latin Versions English: Henry Wotton (1568–1639); Latin: Anonymous [Georg Weckherlin (1584–1653)?] Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text English text Latin versions Commentary 12 A Meeting in Mauritania John Barclay (1582–1621), Argenis, Book 5, Chapter 8 (9) Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text Modern English translation Commentary Appendix: Second English translation, by Robert Le Grys (London 1628) 13 The Gunpowder Plot John Milton (1608–1674), In Quintum Novembris Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 14 A Frost Fair on the Thames William Baker, Descriptio Brumae, et intensissimi Ianuario mense frigoris, quo Th amesis omnino congelata fuit (1634/5) Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 15 The Beauty and Horror of the Mountains Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715), Telluris theoria sacra 1.1.9 (pp. 66–8) Introduction Note Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 16 A Satire on the Bishop of Salisbury Anonymous (Thomas Brown?), In Episcopum Quendam (c. 1689) Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary 17 A View of the Scottish Highlands James Philp (1656/7– c. 1713), Grameid 3.10–36 Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary Bibliography Source of the Latin text 18 Thomas Gray Prophesies Space Travel Thomas Gray (1716–1771), Luna habitabilis 51–72, 78–95 Introduction Bibliography Source of the Latin text Latin text English translation Commentary Index of Names