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Klappentext These twenty essays examine continuity and change in the language of Latin prose, from its emergence to the twelfth century AD. Issues debated include traditional distinctions between primitive archaic and sophisticated classical Latin, and between superior classical and inferior Silver Latin. A broad range of Latin authors are covered, including Caesar and Cicero, Bede and William of Malmesbury. An extensive introduction traces the volume's recurring themes - the use of poetic diction in prose, archaism, sentence structure, and bilingualism. The diversity of approaches makes this an essential handbook for all those interested in Latin language and literature. Zusammenfassung Features twenty essays that examine continuity and change in the language of Latin prose, from its emergence to the twelfth century AD. Issues debated include traditional distinctions between primitive archaic and sophisticated classical Latin, and between superior classical and inferior Silver Latin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 réduites 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 ...
