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

by Estelle Haan

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871699710
• ISBN13: 9780871699718
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
• Length: 200 Pages