PREFACE -- NOTES ON THE EDITORS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- Part I INTRODUCTION -- Chapter One THE BURDEN OF THE PAST: BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION Wim Verbaal -- Part II BEGINNINGS? -- Chapter Two ANTIQUITY'S ANTIQUITY --- Sander M. Goldberg -- Chapter Three INTERCULTURAL IMITATION IN CHRISTIAN LATIN POETRY AS A WAY TO THE MEDIEVAL POETICS OF ALTERITY --- Francesco Stella -- Chapter Four LINGUISTIC UNITY AND VARIETY OF STYLES: THE LATIN OF POGGIO BRACCIOLINI --- Davide Canfora -- Part III PERFECTIONS? -- Chapter Five 'THE CLASSICS' AS POTENTIAL FOR THE FUTURE: THE 'HIGH PERIOD' OF ANCIENT LATIN LITERATURE --- Gregor Vogt-Spira -- Chapter Six MASTERING AUTHORS AND AUTHORIZING MASTERS IN THE LONG TWELFTH CENTURY --- Jan M. Ziolkowski -- Chapter Seven HUMANIST RHETORIC IN THE RENAISSANCE: CLASSICAL MASTERY? --- Marc van der Poel -- Part IV TRANSITIONS? -- Chapter Eight BRINGING UP THE REAR: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN THE LATIN POETRY OF LATE ANTIQUITY --- Michael Roberts -- Chapter Nine THE LATIN LITERATURE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: CONSTRUCTIONS OF A PERIOD --- Thomas Haye -- Chapter Ten "POSTERIORES SED NON DETERIORES": THE HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE ON LATIN LITERATURE AT THE END OF THE QUATTROCENTO AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS IN THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE --- Perrine Galand-Hallyn -- INDEX NOMINUM.

This volume unites, for the first time, contributions from the three fields of Latin literature: Classical, Medieval and Neo-Latin, reflecting on its continuity. It's particular interest for the studies of European literary history lies in the interactions between Latin and the national literatures.

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