Editing Latin literature (section)

==== Great Britain and Ireland ====
The ''Handlist of the Latin Writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540'', published by [[Brepols]], contains the names of some 2,000 Latin-language writers originating from modern-day [[England]], [[Ireland]], [[Scotland]] and [[Wales]], covering a period from the 5th century to the 16th.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presentation |url=https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503505756-1 |access-date=3 April 2025 |website=Brepols}}</ref>

Several of the leading pre-modern English poets wrote in Latin as well as English.  [[Milton's 1645 Poems]] are one example, but there were also [[Thomas Campion]], [[George Herbert]] and Milton's colleague [[Andrew Marvell]]. Some indeed wrote chiefly in Latin and were valued for the elegance and Classicism of their style. Examples of these were [[Anthony Alsop]] and [[Vincent Bourne]], who were noted for the ingenious way that they adapted their verse to describing details of life in the 18th century while never departing from the purity of Latin diction.<ref>D.K.Money, "The Latin Poetry of English Gentlemen", in ''Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles'', London 2012, [https://books.google.com/books?id=baNhaEOtbzYC&pg=PR5 pp. 125ff]</ref> One of the last to be noted for the quality of his Latin verse well into the 19th century was [[Walter Savage Landor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Poems of W. S. Landor|url=http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/landor.html|access-date=2022-02-02|website=www.thelatinlibrary.com}}</ref>