The complete Latin poetry of Walter Savage Landor. -- 2 vols.
by Walter Savage Landor
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The second of a two-volume set, this work collects together all the Latin poetry of Walter Savage Landor, who believed that Latin was the only language suitable for memorializing the great contemporary political struggles of his lifetime.Author Information
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Landor's long life was filled with endless quarrels, lawsuits, and controversy. His temper was violent; his convictions, absolute. But his poetic writings are astonishingly serene, disciplined, and elevated. His youthful Gebir (1798) is the best of his long narrative poems, but it is with the short lyric that he is an enduring master. His prose show more Imaginary Conversations (1824--53) remains widely read. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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