Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry, Volume 2In this volume, Estelle Haan, one of the world's finest neo-Latinists, makes an important contribution to the study of so often neglected poetry. She uses context & commentary to create an unprecedented understanding of Joseph Addison's poetry. Haan adds to the corpus of neo-Latin poetry, & also offers to non-Latinists with an interest in Addison access to products of his creative imagination that were hitherto unavailable because of the language barrier. The inclusion of material unkonwn to previous Addison editors considerably enhances the volume's value. Illustrations. |
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... cranes ( Proelium inter Pygmaeos et Grues Commissum ) , " a puppet show ( Machinae Gesticulantes ) , a 27 Macaulay , " The Life and Writings of Addison , " 734 . 36 33 28 Johnson , " Addison , " 644 : " Here he continued to cultivate ...
... cranes ( Proelium inter Pygmaeos et Grues Commissum ) , " a puppet show ( Machinae Gesticulantes ) , a 27 Macaulay , " The Life and Writings of Addison , " 734 . 36 33 28 Johnson , " Addison , " 644 : " Here he continued to cultivate ...
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... cranes taking refuge in the valleys , a heifer sniffing the breeze , a swallow circling a pond , frogs 65 Bisse conveys the increasing sense of horror evoked by the magnification of its limbs : dorsa tumere / incipiunt ; crescit membris ...
... cranes taking refuge in the valleys , a heifer sniffing the breeze , a swallow circling a pond , frogs 65 Bisse conveys the increasing sense of horror evoked by the magnification of its limbs : dorsa tumere / incipiunt ; crescit membris ...
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... cranes , or a heifer sniffing air through its nostrils , or a swallow circling a lake , or a frog croaking in the mud ( 1. 373-378 ) . Addison's interest in cranes , as attested by his Latin poem on the battle of Pygmies and cranes ...
... cranes , or a heifer sniffing air through its nostrils , or a swallow circling a lake , or a frog croaking in the mud ( 1. 373-378 ) . Addison's interest in cranes , as attested by his Latin poem on the battle of Pygmies and cranes ...
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... Cranes , The Puppet - Show , and The Bowling - Green are of the mock - heroic kind , the subjects mean and trivial , seemingly incapable of poetical ornaments , but are raised to the heroic by a splendid boldness of expression , a pomp ...
... Cranes , The Puppet - Show , and The Bowling - Green are of the mock - heroic kind , the subjects mean and trivial , seemingly incapable of poetical ornaments , but are raised to the heroic by a splendid boldness of expression , a pomp ...
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... cranes resurfaces in the work of 4 Bradner , Musae Anglicanae , 222 . 5 Bradner , Musae Anglicanae , 223 . 6 Wiesenthal , The Latin Poetry of the English Augustans , 75-76 . One exception to Wiesenthal's statement might be Vida's ...
... cranes resurfaces in the work of 4 Bradner , Musae Anglicanae , 222 . 5 Bradner , Musae Anglicanae , 223 . 6 Wiesenthal , The Latin Poetry of the English Augustans , 75-76 . One exception to Wiesenthal's statement might be Vida's ...
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