A Garden of Latin Verse
A Garden of Latin Verse

Author: Yvonne Whiteman

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 77

ISBN-13: 9780711212398

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The poetry of Catullus, Virgil, Horace and Ovid has endured over 2,000 years. For most of that time it was read only in Latin, the language of its origin - but over the centuries celebrated writers, from John Dryden to Aubrey Beardsley to Ezra Pound, have been inspired to create their own translations. Each verse extract appears both in Latin and English, illustrated with a detail from an ancient Roman painting or mosaic - many of them treasures from Pompeii and Herculaneum, preserved by the volcanic eruption which destroyed the two cities in 79 AD. The images capture the spirit of the age in which this enchanting poetry was written and, accompanied by a biographical note on each poet, make a perfect introduction to the towering civilization that was Rome.

The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry
The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry

Author: Ilan Stavans

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0374533180

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Presents a diverse sample of twentieth century Latin American poems from eighty-four authors in Spanish, Portuguese, Ladino, Spanglish, and several indigenous languages with English translations on facing pages.

Archaic Latin Verse
Archaic Latin Verse

Author: Mario Erasmo

Publisher: Focus

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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Archaic Latin Verse offers commentary of the earliest surviving Latin work with selections from oral verse of Livius, Naevius, Ennius, Caecilius, Accius, Pacuvius, and Lucilius.

Gardens of the Roman Empire
Gardens of the Roman Empire

Author: Wilhelmina F. Jashemski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-12-28

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 1108327036

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In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.

The RHS Book of Garden Verse
The RHS Book of Garden Verse

Author:

Publisher: Frances Lincoln

Published: 2021-03-23

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0711263361

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From the RHS comes this compendium of poetry about gardens and garden plants, themes that have provided inspiration for poets since the dawn of time. The poems span many centuries and include the work of such great writers as Wordsworth, Spenser and Shakespeare.

The Latin Poetry of English Poets (Routledge Revivals)
The Latin Poetry of English Poets (Routledge Revivals)

Author: J. Binns

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-02-04

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1317808495

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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. 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.