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Irus and his jovial crew : representations of beggars in Vincent Bourne and other eighteenth-century writers of Latin verse

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Gilmore, John (2013) Irus and his jovial crew : representations of beggars in Vincent Bourne and other eighteenth-century writers of Latin verse. Rural History, Volume 24 (Number 1). pp. 41-57. doi:10.1017/S0956793312000234 ISSN 0956-7933.

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Abstract

Alastair Fowler has written, with reference to the time of Milton, of ‘Latin's special role in a bilingual culture’, and this was still true in the early eighteenth century. The education of the elite placed great emphasis on the art of writing Latin verse and modern, as well as ancient, writers of Latin continued to be widely read. Collections of Latin verse, by individual writers such as Vincent Bourne (c. 1694–1747) or by groups such as Westminster schoolboys or bachelors of Christ Church, Oxford, could run into multiple editions, and included poems on a wide range of contemporary topics, as well as reworkings of classical themes. This paper examines a number of eighteenth-century Latin poems dealing with beggars, several of which are here translated for the first time. Particular attention is paid to the way in which the Latin poems recycled well-worn tropes about beggary which were often at variance with the experience of real-life beggars, and to how the specificities of Latin verse might heighten negative representations of beggars in a genre which, as a manifestation of elite culture, appealed to the very class which was politically and legally responsible for controlling them.

Item Type: Journal Article
Alternative Title: Irus and his jovial crew : representations of beggars in Vincent Bourne and other 18th century writers of Latin verse
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Bourne, Vincent, 1695-1747 -- Criticism and interpretation, Begging -- History -- 18th century, Poets, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English, Poets, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- History and criticism, Latin poetry, Medieval and modern -- History and criticism
Journal or Publication Title: Rural History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0956-7933
Official Date: April 2013
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DateEvent
April 2013Published
Volume: Volume 24
Number: Number 1
Page Range: pp. 41-57
DOI: 10.1017/S0956793312000234
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 22 December 2015
Date of first compliant Open Access: 22 December 2015

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