"Life therefore organizes itself in the universe_and here's the interpretive paradigm-just as language organizes itself on the page. " Pietas is devotion to intellectual clarity, to responsible judgment, to assured intuition." The poet-creator's so-called originality is in truth a myth of the Romantic age." Imitation does not prohibit or exclude innovation. "Literature is a handing-down, a reservoir of memory, a genealogical system in a word, imitatio, a cornerstone of aesthetics in the ancient world. Seamus Heaney: I embarked from your shore, my queen, unwillingly. Longer shadows fall from high in the mountains (Virgil)Īgainst my will, O queen, I left your shores. The poet-creator's so-called originality is in maioresque cadunt altis demontibus umbrae (Virgil) "Literature is a handing-down, a reservoir of memory, a genealogical system in a word, imitatio, a cornerstone of aesthetics in the ancient world. against my will, O queen, I left your shores. Maioresque cadunt altis demontibus umbrae longer shadows fall from high in the mountains (Virgil) invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi. He explores specific forms like satire and themes like self-improvement, profanity, identity, sex and happiness in Latin texts and the Latin world.Ī great book for everyone who loves the magic of language and its potential to disclose other worlds.more
This is Latin nerd heaven, and Gardini's obvious passion and ethusiasm for the language, its literature and culture is sure to inspire some not-yet-Latinists to become true believers! :-) Don't expect some superficial motivational-speech-turned-book though: Gardini, a professor of comparative literature and a specialist for classical poetry, analyzes Catullus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ennius, Gaius Julius Caesar, Lucretius, Virgil, Tacitus, Sallust, Ovid, Livy, Seneca, Juvenal, Apuleius, Petronius This is Latin nerd heaven, and Gardini's obvious passion and ethusiasm for the language, its literature and culture is sure to inspire some not-yet-Latinists to become true believers! :-) Don't expect some superficial motivational-speech-turned-book though: Gardini, a professor of comparative literature and a specialist for classical poetry, analyzes Catullus, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ennius, Gaius Julius Caesar, Lucretius, Virgil, Tacitus, Sallust, Ovid, Livy, Seneca, Juvenal, Apuleius, Petronius, Augustine of Hippo, Propertius, and Horace.
Thanks to his careful guidance, even without a single lick of Latin grammar readers can discover how this language is still capable of restoring our sense of identity, with a power that only useless things can miraculously express.more In Long Live Latin, Gardini shares his deep love for the language-enriched by his tireless intellectual curiosity-and warmly encourages us to engage with a civilization that has never ceased to exist, because it's here with us now, whether we know it or not. In Latin, the rigorous and inventive thinker Lucretius examined the nature of our world the poet Propertius told of love and emotion in a dizzying variety of registers Caesar affirmed man's capacity to shape reality through reason Virgil composed the Aeneid, without which we'd see all of Western history in a different light.
In this sustained meditation, Gardini gives us his sincere and brilliant reply: Latin is, quite simply, the means of expression that made us-and continues to make us-who we are. What use is Latin? It's a question we're often asked by those who see the language of Cicero as no more than a cumbersome heap of ruins, something to remove from the curriculum. What use is Latin? It's a question we're often asked by those who A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead languageįrom the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life-whether we call it "dead" or not. A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead language From the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life-whether we call it "dead" or not.
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