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Latin: Or the Empire of a Sign by Francoise Waquet; Translator-John Howe - 2001-06

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by Francoise Waquet; Translator-John Howe

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LATIN OR THE EMPIRE OF A SIGN FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES
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LATIN OR THE EMPIRE OF A SIGN FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES

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LONDON NY: VERSO , 2001. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. N/A. SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED A HISTORY OF LATIN IN THE MODERN WORLD AND THE CONTOVERSIES OVER THE LANGUAGE AND ITS USE EXCELLENT TEXTBLOCK TOP TIPS BUMPED JACKET IS BRIGHT COMPLETE AND UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL PRICE 30.00
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LATIN OR THE EMPIRE OF A SIGN:  FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.

LATIN OR THE EMPIRE OF A SIGN: FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURIES.

by Waquet, Francoise. Translated by John Howe

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London: Verso, 2001. 346 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H) "(This) enthralling history of Latin in the modern period describes the institutional setting in which it was adopted, transmitted, promoted, defended, attacked and eventually relegated to the secondary, specialist status it has today. Defended with extraordinary tenacity by the Catholic Church and the academic world against the rationalist criticisms that it was inaccessible to the great majority of people, and inconvenient and time-consuming for the rest, it became the 'European sign' par excellence, as well as denoting a wide range of other phenomena: sacredness, but also obscenity and impropriety; learning, but also pedantry and charlatanism; science, but also trickery and mumbo-jumbo. Because of the status and the many roles historically attributed to Latin it became, for westerners, much more than a language, and until the last fifty years or so reached deeply into almost everyone's life. Waquet's brisk but detailed… Read More
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