Latin Poetry

Informationen zum Autor Michael C. J. Putnam is W. Duncan MacMillan II Professor of Classics Emeritus at Brown University. Klappentext Jacopo Sannazaro (1456-1530), considered by some authorities the finest Neo-Latin poet of the Italian Renaissance, spent most of his career in Naples, where he was a member and ultimately the head of the Accademia Pontaniana. He is most famous for having written, in Italian, the first pastoral romance in European literature, the "Arcadia" (1504). But after this early work, Sannazaro devoted himself entirely to Latin poetry modeled on his beloved Vergil. In addition to his epic "The Virgin Birth" (1526), which earned him the title of "the Christian Vergil," he also composed "Piscatory Eclogues, " an innovative adaption of the eclogue form, as well as elegies, epigrams, and a number of shorter works. This volume contains the first complete English translation of all of Sannazaro's poetry in Latin, accompanied by extensive notes. Zusammenfassung Sannazaro (1456–1530) is most famous for having written the first pastoral romance in European literature, the Arcadia (1504). But after this work, he devoted himself entirely to Latin poetry modeled on his beloved Virgil. In addition to his epic The Virgin Birth (1526), he also composed Piscatory Eclogues, an adaption of the eclogue form.

Product details

• Authors: Jacopo Sannazaro
• Assisted by: Michael C J Putnam (Translation), Putnam Michael C. J. (Translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2009
• EAN: 9780674034068
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03406-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 210 mm x 35 mm
• Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets