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Aldhelm - The Poetic Works (Paperback)
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Aldhelm - The Poetic Works (Paperback)
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Translations from the Latin of the ingenious works of Aldelm, first
English man of letters. Introduction, bibliography and notes to the
texts included. Aldhelm was the first Latin poet of Europe who was
not a native speaker of Latin. The ingenuity and originality which
he brought to the task of composing Latin poetry ensured that his
poems would be widely read everywhere, but they were studied
especially in England during the early medieval period. Aldhelm's
poetic corpus includes the Carmina Ecclesiastica, a series of
dedicatory poems which contain a wealth of detail about early
Anglo-Saxon churches; the Carmen de Virginitate, a verse
counterpart to his earlier prose De Virginitate, but which includes
an extensive passage describing an allegorical battle of the vices
and virtues; a collection of 100 riddles or Enigmata, which are an
imaginative investigation of the structure of the natural world;
and a brief rhythmical poem describing the effects of a mighty
storm in southwest England. In each of the poetic genres he
essayed, Aldhelm found a host of later imitators, and it is not an
exaggeration to say that he was the most influential Latin poet
whose works were studied in Anglo-Saxon England; indeed, many
surviving Old English poems are simple translations or adaptations
of Latin poems by Aldhelm. The translations are presented here with
an introduction outlining what is known of Aldhelm's life and
writings, and an appendix by NEIL WRIGHT contains a translation of
Aldhelm's De Metris, a technical treatise on the composition of
Latin verse.
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