Quasi Labor Intus: Semantic Ambiguity in Classical Latin Literature

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For forty years, American priest and friar Reginald Foster, O.C.D., worked in the Latin Letters office of the Roman CuriaÕs Secretary of State in Vatican City. As Latinist of four popes, he soon emerged as an internationally recognized authority on the Latin languageÑsome have said, the internationally recognized authority, consulted by scholars, priests, and laymen worldwide. In 1986, he began teaching an annual summer Latin course that attracted advanced students and professors from around the globe. This volume gathers contributions from some of his many students in honor of his enduring influence and achievements. Its chapters explore a wide range of linguistic and literary evidence from antiquity to the present day in a variety of theoretical perspectives. If the motivation for putting together this collection has been to reflect (and reflect upon) FosterÕs influences on Latin scholarship and pedagogy, its title alludesÑvia the medieval folk etymology of the word labyrinthus (Òquasi labor intusÓ)Ñto its theme: ambiguity in Latin literature.

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