{"product_id":"9781250758149-long-live-latin-the-pleasures-of-a-useless-language","title":"Gardini Nicola - Long Live Latin The Pleasures Of A Useless Language - Paperback","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Long Live Latin The Pleasures Of A Useless Language\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Gardini Nicola\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Picador\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781250758149\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 256 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 12\/1\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Literary Studies: Classical, Early \u0026amp; Medieval","brand":"Gardini Nicola","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49614797308209,"sku":"IN-G-9781250758149","price":15.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781250758149.jpg?v=1724466569","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781250758149-long-live-latin-the-pleasures-of-a-useless-language","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}