"Developed from papers given at the contactforum Latinitas perennis I ... which took place at the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen en Kunsten on 22 April 2005"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / J. Papy , W. Verbaal and Y. Maes -- Chapter One. Continuity Through Appropriation? / Yanick Maes -- Chapter Two. Roman Dream Works / Christine Walde -- Chapter Three. Exemplarity: Between Practice And Text / Alessandro Barchiesi -- Chapter Four. The Language Of Grief And The Poetics Of Conjugal Mourning: From Euripides ( Alcestis, Transl. Buchanan) To Joachim Du Bellay (Tumuli [Poematum Libri Quatuor], 1558) / George Hugo Tucker -- Chapter Five. Taking Occasion By The Forelock: Dutch Poets And Appropriation Of Occasional Poems / Harm-Jan Van Dam -- Appendix I. Latin Occasional Poetry From Antiquity / J. Papy , W. Verbaal and Y. Maes -- Appendix II. Some Facts And Figures On Neolatin Occasional Poetry / J. Papy , W. Verbaal and Y. Maes -- Chapter Six. Vergil, The Psalms, And New Poetic Genres In Medieval Latin Literature / Gunilla Iversen -- Chapter Seven. Latin Culture And Oriental Wisdom / Pascale Bourgain -- Chapter Eight. Is There Such A Thing As A Latin Epochal Style? / Walter Berschin -- Chapter Nine. End Game: Humanist Latin In The Late Fifteenth Century / Christopher S. Celenza -- Index Nominum / J. Papy , W. Verbaal and Y. Maes.

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No cultural phenomenon can remain vital and evolve without a continuous integration of external elements. Instead of reading the process of appropriation in terms of ‘sources’ or ‘models’, the dynamics involved are better understood using more flexible categories such as creative reception, polyphony and dialogue. In every phase of its evolution, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages or (Early) Modern times, Latin literature had to face a double challenge, one from the past, and one from the present: although the models and heritage of the past always remained normative, contemporary demands had to be met too. The contributions in this volume analyze different moments of intercultural negotiation within the long history of Latin Literature.