![]() Offering numerous personal anecdotes from his own life, Gardini's writing is warm and conversational yet scholarly." -Diane Scharper, National Review "Nicola Gardini's paean to Latin belongs on the shelf alongside Nabokov's Lectures on Literature. crafts each chapter so that it feels like an encounter. translation ably captures Gardini's bombast and fussiness alike." - Will Boast, Los Angeles Review of Books "Gardini. For Gardini, the promise of Latin is that getting to the root of words, understanding what they meant before they got into Italian or English or any other Romance language, is getting at what underlies and defines our vexing Western culture. precise, writerly descriptions of the texts are often exciting and infectious in themselves. Whether new to the study or remembering Latin lessons from years ago, interested readers will appreciate his insights, both translational and social." - Jennifer Oleinik, Shelf Awareness (starred review) "Fascinating. Anyone who embarks on such a voyage will find this a helpful and contagiously enthusiastic companion." - Publishers Weekly "A loving tribute to Latin as well as a compelling response to those who would call the language 'useless'. "In this spirited linguistic jaunt, novelist Gardini (Lost Words) makes a strong argument for studying a supposedly "dead language" to unlock its beauty, history, and continued liveliness. Thanks to his careful guidance, even without a single lick of Latin grammar readers can discover how this language is still capable of restoring our sense of identity, with a power that only useless things can miraculously express. ![]() In Long Live Latin, Gardini shares his deep love for the language-enriched by his tireless intellectual curiosity-and warmly encourages us to engage with a civilization that has never ceased to exist, because it's here with us now, whether we know it or not. In Latin, the rigorous and inventive thinker Lucretius examined the nature of our world the poet Propertius told of love and emotion in a dizzying variety of registers Caesar affirmed man's capacity to shape reality through reason Virgil composed the Aeneid, without which we'd see all of Western history in a different light. In this sustained meditation, Gardini gives us his sincere and brilliant reply: Latin is, quite simply, the means of expression that made us-and continues to make us-who we are. What use is Latin? It's a question we're often asked by those who see the language of Cicero as no more than a cumbersome heap of ruins, something to remove from the curriculum. A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead language From the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life-whether we call it "dead" or not. ![]() ![]() A lively exploration of the joys of a not-so-dead languageįrom the acclaimed novelist and Oxford professor Nicola Gardini, a personal and passionate look at the Latin language: its history, its authors, its essential role in education, and its enduring impact on modern life-whether we call it "dead" or not. ![]()
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