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This book presents fifty illustrations of Landor's exceptional dexterity in Latin verse, showing his hostile treatment of political figures (including royalty), his relations with friends, his pleasures and sufferings as a lover, and his delight in the changing phases of nature. The long closing piece treats, within a mythological framework, the great forces that govern the world and its inhabitants.

Produktbeschreibung
This book presents fifty illustrations of Landor's exceptional dexterity in Latin verse, showing his hostile treatment of political figures (including royalty), his relations with friends, his pleasures and sufferings as a lover, and his delight in the changing phases of nature. The long closing piece treats, within a mythological framework, the great forces that govern the world and its inhabitants.
Autorenporträt
Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) was an English writer and poet. Niall Rudd is professor emeritus of Latin at the University of Bristol.