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The Watchers and the Watched

Consists of material relating to the writing and publication of novel The Watchers and the Watched, and it's translation into German. Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London in 1962, and re-printed by Eyre Methuen, London in 1973 and Scorpion, London in 1989. Published in Germany c. 1968.

The Virgin & the Nightingale: Medieval Latin Poems

Consists of letters and manuscripts relating to the The Virgin & the Nightingale: Medieval Latin Poems by Fleur Adcock.
These poems are about birds - particularly the nightingale - and young women. Most are by monks or clerics, and most are rather rude.

Several are by Peter of Blois, a scholar and diplomat who turned to religion in his later years and disclaimed the brilliant erotic verses of his youth. The middle section of the book presents a selection of poems by this highly accomplished and entertaining writer - who was political secretary to Henry II and later to his widow Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Many of the poems were rhymed, unlike classical Latin poetry, and wherever possible Fleur Adcock has attempted to reproduce the form and rhyme-scheme of the original. In these ratty and lively translations Fleur Adcock combines classical scholarship with her own poetic flair and technical skill. The Latin poems are printed alongside her verse translations.

Adcock, Fleur, 1934 - , poet and editor

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