Aspects of the Language of Latin Prose
Will be published approx. on 24. November 2005
Book
Hardback
450 pages
978-0-19-726332-7 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty articles from two often dissociated areas of Latin studies, classical and medieval Latin, examine continuities and developments in the language of Latin prose from its emergence to the twelfth century. Language is not understood in a narrowly philological or linguistic sense, but as encompassing the literary exploitation of linguistic effects and the influence of formal rhetoric on prose. Key themes explored throughout the volume are the use of poetic diction in prose, archaism, sentence structure, and bilingualism. Papers cover a comprehensive range of material including studies of individual works, groups of authors such as the Republican historians, prose genres such as the ancient novel or medieval biography, and linguistic topics such as the use of connectives in archaic Latin or prose rhythm in medieval Latin. The diversity of approaches displayed from an international array of experts will make this an essential resource for all those interested in Latin language and literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Scholars and students of Latin language and literature
Illustrations
Numerous tables
Dimensions
Height: 243 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
928 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726332-7 (9780197263327)
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Edited by Tobias Reinhardt, Fellow and Tutor in Classics, Somerville College, University of Oxford, Michael Lapidge, Emeritus Fellow, Clare College, University of Cambridge; Fellow of the British Academy, and J. N. Adams, Senior Research Fellow in Classics, All Souls College, University of Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy
Contributors: J. N. Adams, Michael Lapidge, and Tobias Reinhardt J. H. W. Penney J. Briscoe J. N. Adams Christina Shuttleworth Kraus J. G. F. Powell Tobias Reinhardt G. O. Hutchinson R. G. Mayer H. M. Hine Harm Pinkster D. R. Russell S. J. Harrison D. R. Langslow Danuta Shanzer Michael Lapidge Richard Sharpe Carlotta Dionisotti Walter Berschin R. M. Thomson Giovanni Orlandi
Contributors: J. N. Adams, Michael Lapidge, and Tobias Reinhardt J. H. W. Penney J. Briscoe J. N. Adams Christina Shuttleworth Kraus J. G. F. Powell Tobias Reinhardt G. O. Hutchinson R. G. Mayer H. M. Hine Harm Pinkster D. R. Russell S. J. Harrison D. R. Langslow Danuta Shanzer Michael Lapidge Richard Sharpe Carlotta Dionisotti Walter Berschin R. M. Thomson Giovanni Orlandi
Content
Introduction
Connections in Archaic Latin Prose
Language and Style of the Fragmentary Republican Historians
The Bellum Africum
Hair, Hegemony, and Historiography: Caesar's Style and its Earliest Critics
Cicero's Adaptation of Legal Latin in the De legibus
Language of Epicureanism in Cicero: The Case of Atomism
Pope's Spider and Cicero's Writing
The Impracticability of 'Kunstprosa'
Poetic Influence on Prose: The Case of the Younger Seneca
The Language of Pliny the Elder
Omisso speciosiore stili genere
The Poetics of Fiction: Poetic Influence on the Languages of Apuleius' Metamorphoses
'Langues reduites au lexique'? The Languages of Latin Technical Prose
of Tours and Poetry: Prose into Verse and Verse into Prose
Poeticism in Pre-Conquest Anglo-Latin Prose
The Varieties of Bede's Prose
Translator's Latin
Realistic Writing in the Tenth Century: : Gerhard of Ausburg's Vita S. Uodalrici
William of Malmesbury and the Latin Classics Revisited
Metrical and Rhythmical Clausulae in Medieval Latin Prose: Some Aspects and Problems
Connections in Archaic Latin Prose
Language and Style of the Fragmentary Republican Historians
The Bellum Africum
Hair, Hegemony, and Historiography: Caesar's Style and its Earliest Critics
Cicero's Adaptation of Legal Latin in the De legibus
Language of Epicureanism in Cicero: The Case of Atomism
Pope's Spider and Cicero's Writing
The Impracticability of 'Kunstprosa'
Poetic Influence on Prose: The Case of the Younger Seneca
The Language of Pliny the Elder
Omisso speciosiore stili genere
The Poetics of Fiction: Poetic Influence on the Languages of Apuleius' Metamorphoses
'Langues reduites au lexique'? The Languages of Latin Technical Prose
of Tours and Poetry: Prose into Verse and Verse into Prose
Poeticism in Pre-Conquest Anglo-Latin Prose
The Varieties of Bede's Prose
Translator's Latin
Realistic Writing in the Tenth Century: : Gerhard of Ausburg's Vita S. Uodalrici
William of Malmesbury and the Latin Classics Revisited
Metrical and Rhythmical Clausulae in Medieval Latin Prose: Some Aspects and Problems