Long Live Latin (eBook)

The Pleasures of a Useless Language

Nicola Gardini (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
ProFile (Verlag)
978-1-78283-399-4 (ISBN)

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This love-letter to Latin enthrals, illuminates, and convinces. Nobody could possibly describe Latin as a dead or useless language after reading it.

In this spirited linguistic jaunt, novelist Gardini (Lost Words) makes a strong argument for studying a supposedly "dead language" to unlock its beauty, history, and continued liveliness . . . Anyone who embarks on such a voyage will find this a helpful and contagiously enthusiastic companion.

Highlighting the particular charms in the styles and attitudes of Latin's greatest writers, this book will open many eyes to the unexpected pleasures of Latin

A highly enjoyable, erudite book . . . Gardini knows his Latin inside out [and] is alive to the immense power of Latin to move the reader.

A brilliant reminder that the supposedly dead language is alive and kicking - and still the most influential language in the world.

Fascinating . . . [Gardini's] precise, writerly descriptions of the texts are often exciting and infectious in themselves . . . For Gardini, the promise of Latin is that getting to the root of words, understanding what they meant before they got into Italian or English or any other Romance language, is getting at what underlies and defines our vexing Western culture

Gardini . . . crafts each chapter so that it feels like an encounter. Offering numerous personal anecdotes from his own life, Gardini's writing is warm and conversational yet scholarly.

Meditative ... To learn a language because it was spoken by some brilliant people 2,000 years ago is to celebrate the world; not a way to optimise yourself, but to get over yourself.

A loving tribute to Latin as well as a compelling response to those who would call the language 'useless' . . . [Gardini's] enthusiasm is infectious. Whether new to the study or remembering Latin lessons from years ago, interested readers will appreciate his insights, both translational and social.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.11.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Caesar • classics • etymology • Getting Started with Latin • grammar • Harry Mount, Amo Amas Amat • help with studying classics • Keep Going with Latin • language • Latin • learning classics • learning latin • Linguistics • mary beard • Mary Beard, SPQR • Metamorphoses • Ovid • Stoicism • the love of literature • Virgil
• ISBN-10: 1-78283-399-4 / 1782833994
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78283-399-4 / 9781782833994