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Vernacular instances in Paulus Ritter's Latin verse epistles

The paper deals with vernacular instances in the Latin verse epistles that Paulus Ritter (in Croatian Pavao Vitezović) wrote between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The epistles were composed in accordance with the rules of Latin poetry, including the metrical scheme, as well as various epistolary and poetic commonplaces and formulations. All this makes them part of the long line of Latin letters and poetic texts patterned on Ovid and Horace, a tradition that has kept developing and upgrading itself throughout literary history. Ritter wrote in Latin not only to various Austrian and Hungarian secular and ecclesiastic dignitaries of the time, but also to his respectable compatriots and to friends in lower positions. Composing Latin verse epistles, he identified himself as part of the Republic of Letters. In this context, the vernacular insertions seem to be an addition that arouses the readers' interest.

Latin verse epistles ; Paulus Ritter Vitezović ; vernacular language

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