A History of Christian-Latin Poetry Fromt he Beginnings to the Close of The Middle Ages
Oxford: Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1997. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #002762
Special edition for Sandpiper Books Ltd. xii, 494 p.p. Black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Dust jacket has some light bumping to spine ends and edges of flaps, else fine. The first of Raby's two great works on medieval poetry, this study was intended for historians of medieval culture as well as students of literature. It uses a wealth of quotation (in Latin) to trace the process of formal development of Christian-Latin poetry and to offer an appreciation of its poetic achievement. Raby describes the origins of the early church, the decline of Greek influence, and the adoption of Latin as the language of Western Christianity before looking at the progress of Latin poetry and the works of individual poets.
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