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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-101350214892

ISBN-139781350214897

eBay Product ID (ePID)21060629632

Product Key Features

Number of Pages232 Pages

Publication NameLatin Political Propaganda in the War of the Spanish Succession and Its Aftermath, 1700-1740

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

SubjectModern / 18th Century, Latin

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, History

AuthorAlejandro Coroleu

SeriesBloomsbury Neo-Latin Series: Studies in Early Modern Latin Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2023-018991

Dewey Edition23/eng/20230807

Reviews"This is an important and well-written book that will be read with profit by at least two groups: [historians as well as literary scholars] ... [It] contains a vast amount of material that is little known - even to specialists. It therefore does an excellent job of making readers aware that such material exists and what its contents are." -- International Journal of the Classical Tradition, This is an important and well-written book that will be read with profit by at least two groups ... [It] contains a vast amount of material that is little known - even to specialists.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal870.9/004

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Praise and Blame: Legitimising the New Kings' Old Dynasties 2. ' Bellonae et Martis genitus ': mapping the Spanish conflict in Latin verse and prose (1701-1712) 3. Latin Writing between Court, Church and Academia during the War of the Spanish Succession 4. Latin Propaganda Beyond the Dynastic Conflict (1715-1740) Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisLatin Political Propaganda offers the first comprehensive study of the central role played by the Latin language to celebrate or undermine political power during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715). Waged as much on the printed page as on the battlefield, this worldwide conflict gave rise to an astonishing variety of Latin writing across the Continent - in verse or in prose - on both the pro-Habsburg and pro-Bourbon sides. Ranging from official documents, epic, satirical and panegyric poetry to defamatory pamphlets, letters, historiographical and juridical tracts, medals and ephemeral architecture, this vast textual corpus has gone almost unnoticed. Alejandro Coroleu provides close examination of the literary devices of these texts and shows how imitation of models and figures from classical antiquity was at the heart of the authors' highly refined verse and prose technique. He also pays attention to the historical and social context in which the texts emerged, and connects the Latin political writing produced at the time with more popular forms of propagandistic discourse (literary or visual) which found its expression in the vernacular. This book reveals how the learned language continued to function - even after the hostilities had come to an end in July 1715 - as an instrument of political discourse and propaganda on both sides of the dynastic feud up until the death of Emperor Charles VI in October 1740., Latin Political Propaganda offers the first comprehensive study of the central role played by the Latin language to celebrate or undermine political power during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1715). Waged as much on the printed page as on the battlefield, this worldwide conflict gave rise to an astonishing variety of Latin writing across the Continent - in verse or in prose - on both the pro-Habsburg and pro-Bourbon sides. Ranging from official documents, epic, satirical and panegyric poetry to defamatory pamphlets, letters, historiographical and juridical tracts, medals and ephemeral architecture, this vast textual corpus has gone almost unnoticed. Alejandro Coroleu provides close examination of the literary devices of these texts and shows how imitation of models and figures from classical antiquity was at the heart of the authors' highly refined verse and prose technique. He also pays attention to the historical and social context in which the texts emerged, and connects the Latin political writing produced at the time with more popular forms of propagandistic discourse (literary or visual) which found its expression in the vernacular. This book also reveals how the learned language continued to function - even after the hostilities had come to an end in July 1715 - as an instrument of political discourse and propaganda on both sides of the dynastic feud up until the death of Emperor Charles VI in October 1740.

LC Classification NumberPA8040.C66 2023