Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry.(Book review)

The Modern Language Review | April 1, 2006| | Copyright

Vergilius Redivivus: Studies in Joseph Addison's Latin Poetry. By Estelle Haan. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. 2005. xix+210 pp. $24. ISBN 978-0-87169-952-7.

The tradition of writing poetry in Latin, which had flourished in England and other European countries during the Elizabethan and Jacobean period, was still alive during the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Verse composition continued to be taught in the public schools and universities to a reasonably high level, and there was still a market for books of Latin verses. Poets famous for ...

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