The Impact of Latin Culture on Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Writing

• Author(s): Ian Johnson, Alessandra Petrina,
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Pages: 298
• ISBN_10: 158044282X
  ISBN_13: 9781580442824
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / Medieval , Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical ,

Description:... In the late medieval and early modern periods, Scottish latinity had its distinctive stamp, most intriguingly so in its effects upon the literary vernacular and on themes of national identity. This volume shows how, when viewed through the prism of latinity, Scottish textuality was distinctive and fecund. The flowering of Scottish writing owed itself to a subtle combination of literary praxis, the ideal of eloquentia, and ideological deftness, which enabled writers to service a burgeoning national literary tradition.