An Anthology of British Neo-Latin Literature [electronic resource].

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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

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

English translation and notes with original Latin text.

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