Description: An anthology of the first modern history of Latin literature, Sicco Polenton's Scriptorum illustrium Latinae linguae libri XVIII.
Brief description: Gesine Manuwald is Professor of Latin at University College London, UK, and President of the Society for Neo-Latin Studies (SNLS). She has published a number of articles on early modern Latin literature and edited the collected volume Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles (2012) with Luke Houghton.
Review Quotes: "This edition makes available a series of brief lives of selected ancient writers, alongside the biographer's critical survey of literary, generic and historical issues. The Latin text is meticulously prepared, the English translation is excellent, and the Commentary identifies a wide range of literary sources. It should thus serve as a helpful resource to students and scholars of classical and neo-Latin literature." --Estelle Haan, Emeritus Professor of English and Neo-Latin Studies, Queen's University Belfast, UK