Classical Romantic: Identity in the Latin Poetry of Vincent Bourne Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 97, Part 1) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780871699718)

This book recuperates the Latin poetry of Vincent Bourne by exploring the poet's unique techniques of self-fashioning that distinguish him from his neo-Latin forebears & contemporaries. Haan is the UK's most eminent neo-Latinist. Through close & perceptive analysis of Bourne's negotiation of poetic identity, Haan argues in new ways for the blend of classicism & Romanticism informing his marginalized status. She capitalizes on the familiarity with other 18th-cent. English poets about whom she has previously written (Cowper, Gray, & Addison) & she makes use of contemporary literary theory without becoming dependent on any single approach or disfiguring her writing with critical jargon. The connections with English-language poets that Haan adduces will be a very considerable resource for students of vernacular poetry.

Author: Estelle Haan
ISBN-10: 0871699710
ISBN-13: 9780871699718
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2007
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 251