The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Latin
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jun 01, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 632
ISBN-13: 9780199948178
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.
Notes: Source title: The Oxford Handbook of Neo-Latin (Oxford Handbooks)