Publication

2015-06-01 - Oxford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

158,000 words, Guess

Page Count

632 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100199948178
  • ISBN-139780199948178
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015000185
  • OCLC Control Number899492760
  • Better World Books9780199948178
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPA8015 .O96 2015
  • LCCPA8015.O96 2015

Description

From the dawn of the early modern period, around 1400, until the 18th century, Latin was still the European language and its influence extended as far as Asia and the Americas. At the same time, the production of Latin writing exploded thanks to book printing and new literary and cultural dynamics. Latin also entered into a complex interplay with the rising vernacular languages. This handbook gives an accessible survey of the main genres, contexts and regions of neo-Latin, as we have come to call Latin writing composed in the wake of Petrarch (1304-74). Its emphasis is on the period of neo-Latin's greatest cultural relevance, from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Oxford Handbook of Neo-LatinHardcoverOxford University Press2015-06-01

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