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Article: The English Horace: Anthony Alsop and the Tradition of British Latin Verse.(Review)
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- Canadian Journal of History
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- April 1, 2001
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The English Horace: Anthony Alsop and the Tradition of British Latin Verse by D. K. Money. Oxford, England, Oxford University Press, 1998. 406 pp. $65.00 U.S.
One might search in vain for more than a fleeting reference to Anthony Alsop in most accounts of English literary and cultural history of the early eighteenth-century. So how does one justify this hefty and lavishly produced quarto volume? Easily. By way of chastisement to the myopia of scholars who, as a rule, have been loathe to discuss non-vernacular writers. D.K. Money's dissenting opinion is spelled out in his lavish use of superlatives: "Anthony Alsop is one of Britain's major poets" (p. 3); "the most ...
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Article: The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names.(Book review)
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... ... present name (reflecting political and strategic change) from Cumbrians to the north. Portchester, near Portsmouth: its British-Latin name Portus Adurni is corrupt, so translation of it as 'port of the height' is misplaced. It should be emended to Portus ...
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