Aspects of the Language of Latin Prose (Proceedings of the British Academy)

Twenty articles from two often dissociated areas of Latin studies, classical and medieval Latin, examine continuities and developments in the language of Latin prose from its emergence to the twelfth century. Language is not understood in a narrowly philological or linguistic sense, but as encompassing the literary exploitation of linguistic effects and the influence of formal rhetoric on prose. Key themes explored throughout the volume are the use of poetic diction in prose, archaism, sentence structure, and bilingualism. Papers cover a comprehensive range of material including studies of individual works, groups of authors such as the Republican historians, prose genres such as the ancient novel or medieval biography, and linguistic topics such as the use of connectives in archaic Latin or prose rhythm in medieval Latin. The diversity of approaches displayed from an international array of experts will make this an essential resource for all those interested in Latin language and literature. Introduction / J. N. Adams, Michael Lapidge And Tobias Reinhardt -- Connections In Archaic Latin Prose / J. H. W. Penney -- Language And Style Of The Fragmentary Republican Historians / J. Briscoe -- Bellum Africum / J. N. Adams -- Hair, Hegemony, And Historiography : Caesar's Style And Its Earliest Critics / Christina Shuttleworth Kraus -- Cicero's Adaptation Of Legal Latin In The De Legibus / J. G. F. Powell -- Language Of Epicureanism In Cicero : The Case Of Atomism / Tobias Reinhardt -- Pope's Spider And Cicero's Writing / G. O. Hutchinson -- Impracticability Of Latin 'kunstprosa' / R. G. Mayer -- Poetic Influence On Prose : The Case Of The Younger Seneca / H. M. Hine -- Language Of Pliny The Elder / Harm Pinkster -- Omisso Speciosiore Stili Genere / D. A. Russell -- Poetics Of Fiction : Poetic Influence On The Language Of Apuleius' Metamorphoses / S. J. Harrison -- 'langues Reduites Au Lexique'? The Languages Of Latin Technical Prose / D. R. Langslow -- Gregory Of Tours And Poetry : Prose Into Verse And Verse Into Prose / Danuta Shanzer -- Poeticism In Pre-conquest Anglo-latin Prose / Michael Lapidge -- Varieties Of Bede's Prose / Richard Sharpe -- Translator's Latin / A. C. Dionisotti -- Realistic Writing In The Tenth Century : Gerhard Of Augsburg's Vita S. Uodalrici / Walter Berschin -- William Of Malmesbury And The Latin Classics Revisited / R. M. Thomson -- Metrical And Rhythmical Clausulae In Medieval Latin Prose : Some Aspects And Problems / Giovanni Orlandi. Edited By Tobias Reinhardt, Michael Lapidge & J. N. Adams. 'conference Entitled Aspects Of The Language Of Latin Prose, Held In Oxford...on 3-5 April 2003' (preface). Includes Bibliography And Indexes. Title Pages Notes on Contributors Preface Abbreviations Introduction Connections in Archaic Latin Prose The 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 The Language of Epicureanism in Cicero: The Case of Atomism Pope’s Spider and Cicero’s Writing The Impracticability of Latin ‘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 Language of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses ‘Langues réduites au lexique’? The Languages of Latin Technical Prose Gregory 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 Augsburg’s Vita S. Uodalrici William of Malmesbury and the Latin Classics Revisited Metrical and Rhythmical Clausulae in Medieval Latin Prose: Some Aspects and Problems Bibliography Index verborum Index locorum Index rerum Twenty chapters from two often-dissociated areas of Latin studies, classical and medieval Latin, examine continuities and developments in the language of Latin prose from its emergence to the twelfth century. Language is not understood in a narrowly philological or linguistic sense, but as encompassing the literary exploitation of linguistic effects and the influence of formal rhetoric on prose. Key themes explored throughout this book are the use of poetic diction in prose, archaism, sentence structure, and bilingualism. Chapters cover a comprehensive range of material including studies of individual works, groups of authors such as the Republican historians, prose genres such as the ancient novel or medieval biography, and linguistic topics such as the use of connectives in archaic Latin or prose rhythm in medieval Latin. This collection contains 20 articles from two often dissociated areas of Latin studies, classical and medieval Latin. The articles examine continuities and developments in the language of Latin prose from its emergence to the 12th century.