Latin Poetry of English Poets (Routledge Revivals)

<p>Thomas Campion Milton Crashaw Herbert Bourne Walter Savage Landor - all these poets between them spanning the period from the Elizabethan to the Victorian age wrote a substantial body of Latin verse in addition to their better-known English poetry representing part of the vast and almost unexplored body of Neo-Latin literature which appealed to an international reading public throughout Europe.</p><p>The Latin poetry of these English poets is of particular interest when it is set against the background of their writings in their own tongue: this collection examines the extent to which our judgment of a poet is altered by an awareness of his Latin works. In some we find prefigured themes which were later treated in their English verse; others wrote Latin poetry throughout their lives and give evidence in their Latin poetry of interests which do not find expression in their English compositions. This volume is a valuable resource for students of both Latin and English literature. </p>